It should be the interest of this committee for our patriots that we enforce a Federal law that, by the way, was sponsored, widely supported by both Republicans and Democrats, that insist that payers cover these illnesses like they would any other set of illnesses.
Kennedy emphasizes the need for enforcing federal laws to ensure veterans receive necessary healthcare.
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Denial is the big issue here. And we all know growing up in families where there is alcoholism and addiction or mental illness that we don't like to talk about these things.
when mental health gets 0.04 percent of the CARES Act funding, it says a lot about where mental health is in this country.
We have got to address the stigma, and we have got to put the resources behind these efforts.
We have so underfunded this system for so long, why is it a big surprise that we don't have enough providers in the field?