Patrick J. Kennedy: “So the irony is this: This hearing is process equals substance. The process you have calculates the answer you are going…”

We have really just talked the talk, we have never walked the walk on including mental health and addiction treatment.

this needs to be a priority. And it will be an enormous protective factor for kids, especially since we are seeing suicide rates skyrocket.

My big issue as you know, Anderson because you've had me on talking about his mental health and addiction and why I'm so pumped about Harris and Walz is Harris as part of the Biden-Harris, have done more for mental health than any other…

Both APAs, my fellow panelist Patrick Kennedy, and the unified mental health and substance use disorder community championed the parity law in 2008, but it has failed to end discriminatory health insurance practices.