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Are Veterans being used as Guinea pigs by the VA? A recent ABC News/Washington Times investigative report thinks they are. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently published an updated edition of the Federal Benefits for Veterans and Dependents handbook.
“United Spinal Association is appalled, but not surprised in the slightest, that the VA’s top medical official recently lied to Congress about the lengthy delays that wounded and disabled veterans face in receiving critically needed VA medical care nationwide,” said Paul J. Tobin, President and CEO. “It is an intolerable situation and the crisis [...] Type of Alert: Heads up Wisconsin Veterans The state’s budget-writing committee helped Wisconsin’s university and technical college systems by covering part of the cost of giving veterans free tuition, but also hurt some veterans by limiting the benefit in various ways. Heads up from: ABC News The U.S. government’s system for rating the severity of military veterans’ disabilities to set payment levels is "out of sync with modern medicine" and should be overhauled, an expert panel said on Thursday. By Will DunhamJun 7, 2007 Alert from: Red Cross The American Red Cross has learned about a new scam targeting military families. This scam takes the form of false information to military families as described below: Heads Up from: National Association of Home Builders Type of Action: Heads Up June 7, 2007 - The National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) today called on Congress to simplify paperwork requirements and increase grant limits for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Specially Adapted Housing program to help builders and remodelers better accommodate [...] Heads Up from: Eyewitness News Type of Action: Heads Up What the government pays and how Hoosiers lose out is documented in a series of internal reports by the US Department of Veterans Affairs. They describe a system that has seen disparities among the states for decades, and as recently as two years ago [...] |
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