Unbiased Analysis of Today's Healthcare Issues
How is President Trump planning to keep his campaign promise to improve health care for Veterans? One pathways is through his VA Mission Act of 2018. As the Washington Post reports, this bill would include $55 billion in additional funding for veterans. A key part of this legislation is that it allows for more veterans…
That is what Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said about his plan to expand urgent mental health care to thousands of veterans. Specifically, the Shulkin plan would include mental health services for service members with less-than-honorable discharges. As reported in Modern Healthcare, Shulkin testified to Congress that of the 20 veterans who take their lives each day, about 14…
The VA has been at the forefront of innovation in integrated care delivery. ViSTA is the VA’s award winning IT system. The VA has been aggresive in making sure veterans use generic drugs when these are available. Even if the VA provides high quality care, veterans are having increasing problems accessing this care. The issue…
Kids interview one another. Half the children have veteran parents, half do not. Honest and interesting throughout.
One health risk factor often overlooked in this blog is going to war. Veterans from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan frequently return home with traumatic brain injury from roadside bombs, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and other injuries. Marketplace chronicles the problems veterans experience trying to collect military benefits after returning to civilian life. The…