Almost 12 years later, though, there are still insurers that are not compliant with the Federal law, right?

We are still reeling from the opioid crisis, which we never quite got our arms around. And I am just thinking that we are adding fuel to the fire here and that we should be very mindful of the fact that this is going to get, as we are…

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

If I had a magic wand, I would fully fund the Nurse-Family Partnership in this country.

I believe that because of the wide number of plans and the fact that these plans have not yet come close to earning our trust or their patients' trust, we not only need to have random, robust, and immediate audits, but also public…

benzodiazepine scripts have gone up over 30 percent since COVID hit--30 percent.

there is no education without mental health, just like we say there is no health without mental health

Bills of this are already in place. As you know, for oncologists, particularly pediatric oncologists and others, they have these support systems.

I appreciate that. Doctor, we are talking about collecting it on August 1st for a virus that arrived on our shores in January and February.

But to my people in Massachusetts and our people in Chelsea--maybe they are predominantly Black and brown, men, women, and children--this administration's failure to test was no joke.

We know that Black and brown people across this country are more than twice as likely to die as those who are white from this virus...

This administration has failed so completely to prepare our nation for this pandemic...