Department leaders hope to encourage more veterans to look into general wellness treatments by lowering costs for appointments. Veterans Affairs officials are updating their GI Bill eligibility rules in response to a Supreme Court ruling last spring. Amid psychedelic therapy's legalization in Colorado, veterans implored Colorado Springs officials not to pass treatment restrictions. This Congress begins with more members who are military veterans than any session in the last eight years. In this opinion piece, Al Lipphardt of VFW responds to a recent Economist article that labeled veterans' benefits as "absurdly generous." By Al Lipphardt
16 months ago The figures are the latest available from federal census data and suggest limited progress on the issue of suicide prevention by Veterans Affairs leaders. Providing more health care coverage for disabled veterans living abroad could be a major focus of the next session of Congress. The measure to expand assistance for veteran caregivers easily passed both the House and Senate, and now heads to the White House to become law. "Everyone was scared. ... I sometimes think of the people who were there. Dirty GIs. Unshaven. Dirty as the devil. Cold. Miserable." Trump said he would look at each individual case, rather than issue a blanket pardon for all Jan. 6 defendants. Load More
