Joseph P. Kennedy III: “I applaud Representatives Poe and Paulsen, Chairman Smith and others for their legislative efforts to fight the scourge…”

Twelve years later, time flies. There you go.

We need substantive systemic reform. We need legal mental health parity, like what my cousin Patrick has envisioned.

Our mental healthcare system is broken. Our addiction treatment system is broken.

And so, Doctor, if a health plan is not compliant in providing parity coverage for mental and behavioral health services, do you think that should be public knowledge?