Patrick J. Kennedy: “This is something very new to the government, the idea of pooling civilian resources in the way the military can…”

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?

This is why it is time to pass the Telemental Health Expansion Act which I introduced, as I mentioned, with Congresswoman Doris Matsui.

What we're trying to do is make the spirit of parity a practical reality.

The bottom line is, when I go into the ER, if I am going in with COVID or something else and they don't understand about my underlying psychiatric issues, or in the case of addiction they do not know that I am someone who suffered from the…