the bottom line question that i would have, and i did some polling for the american psychological association and for mtv when they did a series of public service ads on depression and suicide for teenagers, the bottom line question that i had is what americans think about health care reform, they even think about mental health? the subcommittee have any -- lisa, the have any evidence? >> i think generally when the public thinks about health care reform, they're thinking about it through their own lands. for most of them, that lens is cost. they're doing their checkbook calculations for it if their family member has a mental health condition, then that factors in. i don't think they're speaking about the specific issues. again, we looked at it more generally. >> kaiser is a lot of public policy and appalling. roughly 8% of americans have cited they have had a mental health issues in the last year that they have not been able to treat because of cost. about 65%-75% said the condition got worse as a consequence. the percentage of getting worse is one of the highest of the mental health issues b

and i guess the bottom line question that i would have, and i did some polling for the american psychological association and for believe it or not, mtv when they did a series of public service ads on depression and suicide four teenagers. the bottom line question that i have is when americans think about healthcare reform, do they even think about mental-health? lisa, do you have any evidence from what you guys have done? .. say that conditions got worse as a consequence. they do that lots of other mental issues and the% getting worse is one of the high cindy mental health issues because of lack of treatment. we have about 14 percent of the people in the survey to a knowledge they had a serious depressive issue and this is i think the connective tissue of a majority of the country saying that they either or someone in their family for a very close friend has had an alcohol and drug or significant oppressive issue so it touches their lives. i have one suggestion in terms of have to translate those percentages. i do seat belt safety, i started in 1996 to make sure kids whenever in the front seat seat belt