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Are so difficult. but if we don't talk about them, people suffer in silence. and moreover, the illness, whether it is addiction or mental illness, gets worse and worse. you've just had a series of stories, following this recent tragedy, and all of the previous tragedies including this, basically have the same denominator, that is, no one said a word. i mean sure people talked but they didn't do anything, they were afraid, they didn't know what to do. it is striking that we know these are physical illnesses but we still ascribe shame to them. if i were telling about my family's battle with canc...

Vision that we do not treat brain illnesses any differently than any other physical illness. >> what rule do you need make sure health insurance companies starting january 1st do treat the brain like an organ? >> we need public disclosure, chuck. so your job is to find out and analyze. you can't analyze unless you have the information. we will need to know how insurance companies make medical necessity decisions so that we can compare the way they treat someone with bipolar disorder and adixdiction to someone with diabetes and cancer. now, you look at all these recent shootings. the underlying...

Are saying wait a minute let's look at mental health. your thoughts about that strange connection now between the right and your position dealing with mental health finally. >> i don't think it's strange, chris, obviously they're more interested in their nra report cards than they are about whether we actually solve the problem. solving the problem is twofold. we need to address the access to guns in our society. but we also need to improve the system of care for brain illnesses. so by the way, i suffer from brain illnesses. i have mental health problems, if you will. that's filled with connot...