Not only for Cathy Morelli's daughter, not only for people who are average Americans who suffer from a substance abuse disorder...but most importantly, for our Nation's heroes, our veterans.
Kennedy highlights the importance of mental health support for veterans and those with substance abuse issues.
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I want to thank the Biden Administration. They’ve put teeth into the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act.
We wouldn't expect any less if there were any other illness. And yet we settled for less than 20 percent of Americans getting any of that today in this country.
Both APAs, my fellow panelist Patrick Kennedy, and the unified mental health and substance use disorder community championed the parity law in 2008, but it has failed to end discriminatory health insurance practices.
Congress and the country have really never appropriated the necessary resources for this crisis.