veterans health administration Tag

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced last week that the Veterans Health Administration has eliminated the use of net worth during both the determination of eligibility and assignment of VHA priority group.  The VHA will now only consider gross household income and deductible medical expenses for veteran otherwise not assigned a higher VHA priority group due to service-connected...

I’ll provide more specific information at a later point, however, President Obama signed into law the Senate bill revising and amending inter alia aspects of veteran access to health coverage through the Veterans Health Care Administration (VHA).  More information can be found at Fox News Article and the major changes are as followings: —Devotes $5 billion to hire more doctors, nurses...

As the following Huffington Post Article documents, problems within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) continue to dominate the news, attract Congressional scrutiny, and, unfortunately, hurt the legitimacy of the agency in the eyes of the veterans it serves. While press coverage and Congressional scrutiny is an important step, constructive problem-solving requires solutions and not...