Hartford Courant – A veterans group is pushing U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal to oppose cuts to the post-9/11 GI Bill that are included as part of the omnibus Veterans First Act, legislation [...]
The Washington Times – A top House Republican said Monday that the Department of Veterans Affairs is hiding behind a “litany of excuses” instead of improving health care for veterans. Read [...]
Military Times – Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs released a sobering reminder of an epidemic that plagues our veterans: the suicide rate among military veterans has increased [...]
The American Prospect – When the House Veterans Affairs Committee holds a hearing on September 7 to assess the future of the Veterans Health Administration, federal lawmakers would do well [...]
Military Times – Enterprising Veterans Affairs employees took to a podium Monday in Washington, D.C. to pitch projects for improving VA health care, hoping their novel ideas would win [...]
Kare NBC-11 – Sick veterans are being forced to travel more than a thousand miles for care. In many cases that distance proves to be a daunting barrier between those who have served, and [...]
Star Tribune – Despite a determination that the errors were unintentional, U.S. Reps. Tom Emmer and Tim Walz say they are disappointed in a finding by a Veterans Affairs investigation that [...]
Military Times – Try to picture a veteran who has recently chosen to take his own life, and you’ll probably think of someone like me: a 20-to-30-something man who served in Iraq or [...]
Health Data Management – Already recognized as a leader in the development and use of telemedicine, the Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding its telehealth services to meet the [...]
Military Times – The case of a service member diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder but found instead to have brain damage caused by a malaria drug raises questions about the origin [...]