Greater Access to Treatment Needed
- By Reps. Patrick Kennedy and Jim Ramstad
- Special to Roll Call
- June 18, 2007, Midnight
As July Fourth approaches and we prepare to celebrate our country’s founding, it is a good time to ask ourselves whether we are fulfilling the ideals on which this nation was built.
There is no more fundamental American principle than ensuring that all people have a chance to pursue their God-given potential. But for tens of millions of Americans living with mental illnesses and addictions, that promise is elusive, blocked by treatable diseases left untreated.
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