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The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationalized healthcare service in the United States, providing healthcare and healthcare-adjacent services to veterans through the administration and operation of ...
As of 2010, about 1.3 million of the 12.5 million nonelderly veterans in the United States did not have health insurance coverage or access to Veterans Affairs (VA) health care, according to a 2012 report by the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation that used 2010 data from the Census Bureau and the 2009 and 2010 National ...
The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 ( H.R. 3230; Pub. L. 113–146 (text) (PDF) ), also known as the Veterans Choice Act, is a United States public law that is intended to address the ongoing Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014. The law expanded the number of options veterans have ...
An overview of what many veterans and their families experience after serving in war, including PTSD, traumatic brain injury, limb loss, and more. “Behind our brave service men and women, there ...
If you were exposed during service and have one of these cancers or other health problems, you may be eligible for disability benefits and treatment through the VA. The U.S Department of Defense ...
4 min read. Military personnel are frequently exposed to fuels during deployment, chiefly diesel, JP-5, and JP-8. Fuel may be inhaled, absorbed through the skin, or accidentally swallowed. The ...
Veterans of the U.S. armed forces are eligible to receive healthcare services from the nation’s 1,321 healthcare facilities.VA health benefits include primary, specialty, and mental health care.
Thomas Bandzul, a legislative counsel for Veterans and Military Families for Progress and a longtime veterans advocate, said that what Gould is doing is becoming increasingly more common.. Bandzul ...