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Filner Leads House in Passage of Comprehensive Bills to Help Veterans Prevent Foreclosure, Access the Health Care They Need and Receive Earned Disability Benefits in a Timely Fashion
September 24, 2008 – On Wednesday, September 24, 2008, Bob Filner (D-CA), Chairman of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, announced that the House of Representatives passed comprehensive legislation to provide improved health care services and increased benefits for our Nation’s … Continue reading
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Tagged backlog, mental health, VA Claims Crisis
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AFGE Urges Congress to Pass Veterans Health Care Budget Reform Act
September 18, 2008, Washington, DC – The American Federation of Government Employees, (AFGE), which represents 180,000 employees throughout the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), today criticized the current discretionary VA funding process and urged Congress to move on the Veterans … Continue reading
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The Shameful Neglect of Mentally-Wounded Veterans
August 29, 2008 – Sgt. Daniel Fanning, an Iraq war veteran, spoke passionately at the Minnesota Capitol recently, about the medical care veterans receive. Fanning served in the 1158th Transportation Company, driving trucks in Iraq. Because of the constant threat … Continue reading
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Aug 21, VCS in the News: Senator McCain’s Plan to Privatize Veterans’ Healthcare
August 21, 2008 – If John McCain is elected the next U.S. president, wounded veterans could be in for a world of hurt. On the campaign trail, the Republican’s presumptive nominee has talked of a new mission for the Department … Continue reading
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Non-Smoking Drug Endangering Soldier’s Health
August 8, 2008 – This week in Arkansas the Veterans Affairs inspector general found gross violations in a VA human testing program. For soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq, health care and the transition back into society are important issues. … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Stress, Suicides, Mental Illness Plague Our War Veterans
Aug. 1, 2008 – The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have a hidden cost, being borne by our returning warriors in unrelenting anguish and 18 suicides a day. Pfc. Joseph Dwyer didn’t commit suicide – technically. But death was grim … Continue reading
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Returning Troops Need Full Mental Health Services
July 15, 2008 – As U.S. troops come home from the ambush zones of Iraq and Afghanistan, they’re facing serious mental health problems on a scale unprecedented in the history of American warfare. Of the roughly 1.64 million U.S. troops … Continue reading
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Take Care of Our Troops’ Mental Wounds
July 11, 2008 – One in five people returning from the Iraq war screen positive for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), though less than half of those seek help. The reason? They fear that a diagnosis of PTSD will stigmatize them … Continue reading
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Former VA Secretary Principi Prodded VA on Chantix, Experimental Drug Linked with Suicide
July 9, 2008 – Former Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony J. Principi contacted colleagues at his old agency as the chief lobbyist for drug maker Pfizer Inc. earlier this year, looking for updates on whether his company’s smoking-cessation drug Chantix would … Continue reading
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Vets Still Lack Timely Health Care
The number of veterans currently using VA healthcare – 325,000 to date – was obtained by VCS using the Freedom of Information Act. June 30, 2008 – Life has been anything but easy for thousands of U.S. soldiers who have … Continue reading
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