This week, the U.S. House of Representatives will likely consider the fiscal year 2011 funding for the VA. VetsFirst, along with other veterans service organizations, supported advance appropriations for the Department of Veterans Affairs.
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A major priority for VetsFirst is to continue to improve access to health care for veterans with disabilities including evolving the VA’s system of long-term care to one that is more focused on community supports, funded by the VA. Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act is a milestone in the road toward timely, sufficient and predictable funding for delivering critical health care to America’s veterans. More than 10,000 veterans unknowingly exposed to Hepatitis and HIV through contaminated medical equipment during VA clinical procedures. United Spinal’s VetsFirst partners with Veterans Health Council to improve veterans health by creating an ongoing educational forum for veterans, health care professionals, advocacy organizations, educational institutions, employee representatives, businesses, and state and local governments. Will VA’s doors be open to all vets? Is it advisable for President-elect Obama to open the VA’s doors to all veterans and place further strain on the system… Vet Centers help vets find their way home. OIF, OEF and Vietnam veterans share their perspectives on care. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a $364.9 million contract to help bring to reality years of planning for a new world-class medical facility in Las Vegas by September 2011. There are many veterans out there, particularly from the Persian Gulf War or Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, who have deployment-related health problems that they haven’t been able to get accurately diagnosed. There are many veterans out there, particularly from the Persian Gulf War or Operations Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom, who have deployment-related health problems that they haven’t been able to get accurately diagnosed. There are so many in fact, that the VA has two centers dedicated to identification and treatment of “difficult to diagnose” [...] |
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