VA Health Care's Chronic Ailments: Long Waits And Red Tape
More than 2.5 million veterans served in Iraq and Afghanistan, and they qualify for health care and benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
View ArticleAudit Reveals Vast Scale Of VA Waitlist Issues
Before former Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki stepped down, he ordered an audit of the VA system, hoping to find how many hospitals were lying about wait times. The audit found that...
View ArticleWith More Veterans Needing Health Care, What Will The Cost Be?
A new generation of American vets is home from war — about 2.6 million of them. And there are about 10 million older veterans, many from the Vietnam era, hitting their 60s, 70s or 80s. Taking care of...
View ArticleIn A Rare Act Of Bipartisan Speed, Senate Passes VA Reforms
The Senate has passed a bill to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs. Like a similar bill in the House, the Senate bill gives veterans the option of seeking private care if the VA takes too long...
View ArticleSenate Version Adds Costs To VA Overhaul Measure
The Senate passed a bipartisan bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs. The measure is close enough to a version already passed by the House that it could reach the president's desk soon.
View ArticleHow The Kurds Could Benefit From Iraq's Crisis
The current crisis in Iraq has focused on the Sunni-Shiite conflict, but relatively little has been heard from the other major ethnic group in Iraq, the Kurds. And that's just the way the Kurds would...
View ArticleTo Treat PTSD, Veterans Have A Vast Array Of Ineffective Solutions
A new report by the Institute of Medicine rates the different treatments used to treat post-traumatic stress disorder, also recommending areas for further research.
View ArticleObama Taps Former Procter & Gamble Chief To Helm VA
President Obama has picked Robert McDonald, the former CEO of Procter & Gamble, to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs. If confirmed by the Senate, McDonald will face a difficult task. The VA...
View ArticleA Growing Number Of Veterans Struggles To Quit Powerful Painkillers
There are antlers everywhere on the walls of Bryan and Mike McDonel's place near Pine Bluff, Ark. The house is hardly big enough for all their hunting trophies. Both are good shots with their hunting...
View ArticleVeterans Kick The Prescription Pill Habit, Against Doctors' Orders
For many people with post-traumatic stress disorder, sleeping can return you to the worst place you've ever been, at the worst possible moment."I always see his face," says Will, who did tours in Iraq...
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After 5 Weeks Of Haggling, Congress Inks Bipartisan VA Bill
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View ArticleFirst Rule Of This Fight Club: You Must Be A Veteran
About a dozen military veterans have locked themselves inside a caged boxing ring, in a rough part of San Diego, and they're starting to throw punches. It's therapeutic, they say."A lot of people say,...
View ArticleVA's Inspector General Finds Faked Data At Hospitals Across U.S.
President Obama addressed the annual convention of the American Legion in North Carolina with a raft of new proposals for vets. The speech comes as the inspector general at the Veterans Affairs...
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After Inspector General Report, Veterans Want More Than Promises
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.DAVID GREENE, HOST: And I'm David Greene. Good morning....
View ArticleHomeless Vets: They're Not Just Single Men Anymore
Every summer for 27 years, a small tent city has popped up in San Diego. "Stand Down" is a three-day oasis for homeless veterans, with showers, new clothes, hot meals, medical help, legal aid and a...
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Homeless Vet's Story Illustrates Challenge In Getting Off The Street
The White House has vowed to end chronic homelessness among veterans by 2015. We profile one vet in San Diego whose odyssey illustrates why it's so hard to get vets off the street. Copyright 2014 NPR....
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First National Mall Memorial Honoring Disabled Vets Opens In D.C.
Copyright 2014 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.Transcript ARUN RATH, HOST: Tomorrow, a new memorial will open on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. near the Capitol. It honors American...
View ArticleA Benefit For Rural Vets: Getting Health Care Close To Home
Army veteran Randy Michaud had to make a 200-mile trip to the Veterans Affairs hospital in Aroostook County, Maine, near the Canadian border, every time he had a medical appointment.Michaud, who was...
View ArticleVeterans Voices Multitracked, Overdubbed, Amplified Through An Actor
Basetrack began as a place for embedded journalists to post photos. Later it became a social media site where families could keep up with their troops in Afghanistan.
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Military Policy Impedes Research On Traumatic Brain Injuries
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