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June 27, 2007
Legislation restores access to VA services for 242,000 veterans who had been carved out of the system four years ago.
(Washington, D.C.) – Today, U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) helped pass legislation that makes all veterans eligible for Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare through the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee. The legislation, S.1233 – [...]
June 26, 2007
Charles W. Lindberg, the last survivor of the six Marines who raised the first American flag over Iwo Jima during World War II, has died. He was 86.
Lindberg spent decades explaining that it was his patrol, not the one captured in the famous photograph by Joe Rosenthal, that raised the first flag over [...]
Paula Apodac writes on the possible future consequences of TBI related epilepsy for returning Vets who have suffered blast related head injuries.
“Severe brain trauma can trigger epilepsy in as many as 30 percent to 50 percent of the brain-injured soldiers”
The post further suggets that many of these vets are being honorably separated from the [...]
Type of Action: Legislation
June 13, 2007
WASHINGTON – Responding to shabby treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a group of senators moved on Wednesday to boost disability pay to those hurt in combat and improve care for brain injury.
The 93-page measure, introduced by 30 senators from both parties, also would [...]
Type of Action: Letter to senator
June 12, 2007
WASHINGTON, June 12, 2007–The national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the U.S. is asking his entire membership to contact their U.S. senators and urge them to support S. 22, the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2007.
The bill, which was introduced in January by [...]
Type of Action: Funding
June 13, 2007
Stephen Barr
After the agency was faulted last month for awarding $3.8 million in bonuses in fiscal 2006, the VA’s deputy secretary explained yesterday that the money went to seasoned federal executives who excel at running the department’s health-care, benefits and cemetery programs.
Read the [...]
Type of Action: Legislation
June 12, 2007
"Our men and women in uniform serve this country everyday and the very least we owe them is a fair tax policy," Senator Kerry said. "Our military leaves behind their families and their businesses without complaint, yet we have a tax system that often punishes them if [...]
Type of Action: Heads up on Tricare
June 11, 2007
The Pentagon-appointed Task Force on the Future of Military Health has endorsed higher TRICARE fees, deductibles and copayments for under-65 retirees and their families in an interim report sent to Congress on May 31. It also backs other key features of the so-called TRICARE [...]
Type of Action: Heads up on veterans’ compensation.
June 12, 2007
The Department of Veterans Affairs should revise the system for compensation of veterans who become disabled as a result of injuries experienced during their military service, according to a report released on Thursday by the Institute of Medicine, the Washington Post reports. The Veterans’ [...]
Type of Action: Heads up on mental health treatment
June 11, 2007
Soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan "are finding it more difficult" to receive mental health treatment because therapists say reimbursement rates for care are too low, the AP/Arizona Daily Star reports. According to the AP/Daily Star, about one-third of the [...]
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