(NewsNation) — Retired politician and mental health advocate Patrick Kennedy says the American health care industry doesn’t do enough to treat those suffering from mental illness until it’s “almost too late.”
“We need to talk more openly. And we can’t wait till it’s a crisis, which, unfortunately, is where we are in this country,” Kennedy said on “Elizabeth Vargas Reports.” “We don’t treat people until it’s a stage 4 illness. And we don’t get people help until, frankly, it’s almost too late. And then we wonder why so many people are dying of…