Patrick J. Kennedy: “I appreciate this is a bipartisan process, especially on mental health, which affects every family.”

the promise of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act has not been realized and that many Americans are encountering barriers when seeking professional help.

We can't even get $20 million to even--and by the way, for my Republican friends, enforcing parity means making sure that insurance companies don't give the Heisman to mental health and addiction such that our taxpayers have to pay the…

It is not working. That is what you essentially have said.

We have got to address the stigma, and we have got to put the resources behind these efforts.