People are going to keep getting prescribed medication that is counter to what their real disease state is, which is addiction.
Patrick J. KennedyOpioid replacement therapy is the standard evidence-based model to treat people with acute opioid addiction, and that is unassailable according to every research study that's been done. If that is the evidence-based model, then why can't we meet the large-scale need that's out there? We can't because one, there aren't enough doctors who can prescribe [drugs like methadone], and two, there are these artificial limits [by insurers] on who doctors can prescribe to.
Patrick J. KennedyI see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination.
Patrick J. KennedyFranklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much; it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little. This reconciliation package fails that test as well.
Patrick J. Kennedy