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VA amends access rules for service dogs at facilities
The Veterans Affairs Department will implement rules next month to ensure that veterans and visitors to VA facilities can bring their service dogs to appointmentsThe regulation — in the works since 2012 when Congress ordered the VA to expand access
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Compounded prescriptions cause DoD budget shortfall
An aggressive marketing campaign by some compound drug manufacturers has taken its toll on the Defense Department’s health budget, prompting Pentagon officials to ask Congress for permission to shift $900 million within its budget to cover costs.
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Advocates: Transgender care costs not a barrier to service
An analysis of the potential costs of providing health care to transgender troops indicates that the figures are “too low” to play a major role in the policy debate as to whether these service members should be allo
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VA Choice would expand under McCain proposal
Sen. John McCain introduced a bill Wednesday that would extend the VA Choice Card program indefinitely and expand eligibility to include every veteran enrolled in VA health care.
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VA may pay disability for some illnesses linked to Lejeune
The VA says it will begin a process that may allow some veterans to receive disability pay if they were sickened by drinking contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
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Congress scuttles bill on fertility treatment for troops, vets
The hopes of veterans who need help starting a family because of injuries sustained on active duty were dashed Wednesday when Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.
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New burn pit report: Lung disease, high blood pressure common in exposed vets
Troops who worked at burn pits or were exposed to multiple dust storms in war zones have higher rates of respiratory illnesses and two rare, often fatal, lung diseases.
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VA Choice patients double in number since April
The number of appointments made and authorized under the Veterans Choice program has more than doubled in the past two months, according to Veterans Affairs Department officials.
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VA not saying how many clinics operate at capacity
Veterans Affairs officials say a veteran’s experience at two VA clinics in June, when he was turned away for an appointment, should not have happened and they vowed to fix the problem, for both the veteran and at the facilities in question in north G
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Military suicides down from last year
While the total number of active-duty suicides was down for the first quarter of 2015, the Army had an increase.
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VA amends access rules for service dogs at facilities
The Veterans Affairs Department will implement rules next month to ensure that veterans and visitors to VA facilities can bring their service dogs to appointmentsThe regulation — in the works since 2012 when Congress ordered the VA to expand access
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Compounded prescriptions cause DoD budget shortfall
An aggressive marketing campaign by some compound drug manufacturers has taken its toll on the Defense Department’s health budget, prompting Pentagon officials to ask Congress for permission to shift $900 million within its budget to cover costs.
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Advocates: Transgender care costs not a barrier to service
An analysis of the potential costs of providing health care to transgender troops indicates that the figures are “too low” to play a major role in the policy debate as to whether these service members should be allo
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VA Choice would expand under McCain proposal
Sen. John McCain introduced a bill Wednesday that would extend the VA Choice Card program indefinitely and expand eligibility to include every veteran enrolled in VA health care.
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VA may pay disability for some illnesses linked to Lejeune
The VA says it will begin a process that may allow some veterans to receive disability pay if they were sickened by drinking contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
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Congress scuttles bill on fertility treatment for troops, vets
The hopes of veterans who need help starting a family because of injuries sustained on active duty were dashed Wednesday when Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.
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New burn pit report: Lung disease, high blood pressure common in exposed vets
Troops who worked at burn pits or were exposed to multiple dust storms in war zones have higher rates of respiratory illnesses and two rare, often fatal, lung diseases.
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VA Choice patients double in number since April
The number of appointments made and authorized under the Veterans Choice program has more than doubled in the past two months, according to Veterans Affairs Department officials.
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VA not saying how many clinics operate at capacity
Veterans Affairs officials say a veteran’s experience at two VA clinics in June, when he was turned away for an appointment, should not have happened and they vowed to fix the problem, for both the veteran and at the facilities in question in north G
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Military suicides down from last year
While the total number of active-duty suicides was down for the first quarter of 2015, the Army had an increase.
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VA amends access rules for service dogs at facilities
The Veterans Affairs Department will implement rules next month to ensure that veterans and visitors to VA facilities can bring their service dogs to appointmentsThe regulation — in the works since 2012 when Congress ordered the VA to expand access
-
Compounded prescriptions cause DoD budget shortfall
An aggressive marketing campaign by some compound drug manufacturers has taken its toll on the Defense Department’s health budget, prompting Pentagon officials to ask Congress for permission to shift $900 million within its budget to cover costs.
-
Advocates: Transgender care costs not a barrier to service
An analysis of the potential costs of providing health care to transgender troops indicates that the figures are “too low” to play a major role in the policy debate as to whether these service members should be allo
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VA Choice would expand under McCain proposal
Sen. John McCain introduced a bill Wednesday that would extend the VA Choice Card program indefinitely and expand eligibility to include every veteran enrolled in VA health care.
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VA may pay disability for some illnesses linked to Lejeune
The VA says it will begin a process that may allow some veterans to receive disability pay if they were sickened by drinking contaminated water at Camp Lejeune.
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Congress scuttles bill on fertility treatment for troops, vets
The hopes of veterans who need help starting a family because of injuries sustained on active duty were dashed Wednesday when Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash.
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New burn pit report: Lung disease, high blood pressure common in exposed vets
Troops who worked at burn pits or were exposed to multiple dust storms in war zones have higher rates of respiratory illnesses and two rare, often fatal, lung diseases.
-
VA Choice patients double in number since April
The number of appointments made and authorized under the Veterans Choice program has more than doubled in the past two months, according to Veterans Affairs Department officials.
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VA not saying how many clinics operate at capacity
Veterans Affairs officials say a veteran’s experience at two VA clinics in June, when he was turned away for an appointment, should not have happened and they vowed to fix the problem, for both the veteran and at the facilities in question in north G
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Military suicides down from last year
While the total number of active-duty suicides was down for the first quarter of 2015, the Army had an increase.













