Political Quotes

“Today the Senate takes a long overdue step in the right direction for the health of all Americans. The passage of the Mental Health Parity Act of 2007 recognizes the millions of people living with a mental illness and the millions of friends, family members, and communities who support them. Mental health parity legislation simply calls for health plans to provide comparable levels of coverage for mental health services as are provided for traditional medical services. It doesn't sound like a radical proposal, yet it has taken years to move this legislation through the Senate. We have made progress, though, and much of the leadership on this issue has been provided by Senator Kennedy and Senator Domenici in recent years. We started in 1992, when my good friend, the late Senator Paul Wellstone, and Senator Pete Domenici introduced the Mental Health Parity Act to correct the unfair burden placed on American families living with mental illness without access to mental health services.”