Patrick J. Kennedy: “They need to be assured by all of us that they are not going to be left behind.”

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.

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?

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

If this were any other issue we would move heaven and Earth to deal with it. In COVID we responded right away, everybody inoculation, everybody out there. The longest impact of COVID is going to be mental health, and yet, we don't treat it.