As Beverly Henderson looks back on memories of her late husband Allan, she recalls how service was a part of their lives from the very beginning. “Three months into our marriage, Allan received a letter, and from then on was in the U.S. military,” Beverly says as she and daughter Sharina flip through photos of… Read more »
A decade after the country learned about unconscionably long wait times at Department of Veterans Affairs health facilities, in some places things have not improved. Other problems also are cropping up. In Stockton, California veterans are waiting months to get medicine. A Hampton, Virginia veteran who went to the ER with chest pains — and,… Read more »
This may be one of the worst insults to veterans since the Phoenix VA scandal of 2014. News recently broke that the Department of Veterans Affairs is managing community care and reimbursements for unauthorized migrants while actively keeping veterans from accessing timely, quality care. According to reports, Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts with the VA’s… Read more »
If you can count on the Phoenix Veterans Affairs facility for anything, it’s that it will continue making headlines about mishandling veterans’ care. This time, the VA delayed colorectal cancer screenings for hundreds of veterans. Why? Because the VA didn’t pay its postage bills on time. Timely, accurate testing is vital Colorectal cancer is… Read more »
Veterans Day may have passed, but we can recognize and honor veterans every day, starting with better health care. In a recent piece in the Washington Examiner, CVA Executive Director Russ Duerstine shines a light on how the Department of Veterans Affairs is getting around the law and limiting veterans’ health treatment options: The Department… Read more »
The Department of Veterans Affairs has a responsibility to serve and care for veterans. But too often, the VA puts its own needs ahead of veterans. We’ve seen this play out over and over again when the VA doesn’t properly hold its staff accountable or bows to the wishes of unions over the needs of… Read more »
Veterans deserve a “square deal” once they finish their service. This is not a new concept. Teddy Roosevelt used those exact words more than a hundred years ago, and it still is the central idea about how veterans’ health care should work. Unfortunately, veterans face a health care system that often works against instead of for them. In a… Read more »
