‘One chance to get it right’: VA secretary pledges VHA improvements
A planned overhaul of the Veterans Health Administration will improve veterans care, Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins said Monday.
By Patricia Kime
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Retired Navy officer takes helm of DOD’s military health care
Bass' top priorities include improving medical readiness and stabilizing the Military Health System.
By Karen Jowers
VA secretary promises not to let suicide prevention funds go unspent again
Lawmakers this week grilled the VA leader on a GAO report saying millions of outreach funds went unspent last year.
With deadline looming, lawmakers worry about new VA community care rules
Department officials say they are on track to put new veterans medical rules in place by June, but advocates worry they haven't seen details so far.
VA left millions for suicide prevention unspent, report finds
Millions of dollars set aside for suicide prevention outreach in fiscal 2019 went unused, and public awareness campaigns disappeared from national media.
Government to seek $830,000 from Navy vet for benefits fraud
A 46-year-old Columbia Falls man has admitted overstating his disabilities to receive government payments for nine years
Volunteer group Soldiers’ Angels helps vets at home, afar
The war in Iraq was still in its first year when Patti Patton-Bader’s son, a soldier there, told her that he was one of the few service members he knew who was getting care packages.
By Sig Christenson, San Antonio Express News via the AP
The military could save hundreds of billions — by capping pay, scrapping aircraft, slashing benefits, experts say
The Congressional Budget Office report is designed to spur conversation on the cost of personnel and programs across a host of government agencies.
Mississippi man gets 3 years for stealing veteran’s ID
Senior U.S. District Judge Tom S. Lee on Thursday also ordered 56-year-old Tierun Bush of Jackson to pay full restitution to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
VA hospitals often the best option for medical care, study finds
But VA officials insist the research does not undermine their efforts to expand vets' access to private-sector medical options.
Some schools punish GI Bill users for VA’s delays. Congress may be about to stop that.
If it does, that’ll mean the end to any late fees or other punishments school sometimes impose on veterans whose GI Bill payments don’t come in on time — as long as those schools want to keep enrolling students using the education benefit.
By Natalie Gross
The VA actually spent money — and years — on a scientific study to tell us daily drinking is unhealthy
Money well spent by the VA, the oft-criticized organization that makes paying veterans what they’re owed for disabilities, education and housing appear as laborious as Thanos' quest to amass all six Infinity Stones.
By J.D. Simkins