Veteran Health Care

VA Launches Effort To Provide Better Health Care For Female Vets

Air Force Times | Patricia N. Kime | Posted 09.09.2011

The Department of Veterans Affairs has launched an effort to find out why female vets often don't turn to VA for their health care needs. Starting in...

Why So Many Veterans Are Struggling To Get Health Care (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Alana Elias Kornfeld and Hunter Stuart | Posted 05.25.2011

In this year's State of the Union address, President Obama said that "veterans can now download their electronic medical records with the click of a m...

The Stunning Disregard For Veterans' Psychological Health

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W. | Posted 05.25.2011

Michael Friedman, L.M.S.W.

Our nation faces a formidable challenge to meet the mental health needs of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan and their families.

Christmas Reflection: Remembering Our Wounded Warriors And Those Who Serve Them

Bishop James Magness | Posted 05.25.2011

Bishop James Magness

For my first Christmas as the Bishop for the Armed Services caring for clergy of The Episcopal Church, I sensed the need to do something special and memorable to commemorate the annual remembrance of our Savior's birth.

Gary Pfleider Shot In Iraq, Billed For Treatment By Army

Posted 05.25.2011

UPDATE: A spokesman for Defense Finance and Accounting Services told Pfleider on Wednesday that he had been overpaid for his last three months in the ...

$6.7 Billion Per Month In Afghanistan: Other Ways We Could Spend That Money

HuffPost | Jonathan Daniel Harris | Posted 05.25.2011

U.S. spending on the war in Afghanistan has now exceeded the cost of the war in Iraq for the first time since 2003. According to USA Today, we now spe...

2,266 Veterans Died In 2008 Because They Were Uninsured

The Huffington Post | Elyse Siegel | Posted 05.25.2011

According to a study released by the Harvard Medical School, 2,266 veterans under the age of 65 died last year as a result of not having health insura...