JOURNALISM AND COMMENTARY
Nine Questions Veterans Need to Ask Before They’re Referred to VA Community Care
The VA MISSION Act has officially rolled out and VA staff have begun to refer veterans to private sector providers in the Community Care Network.
D-Day for the VHA?
By: Suzanne Gordon • High risks potentially await veterans as the VA MISSION Act is launched. It’s likely that high cost awaits American taxpayers, too.
What's Special about a VA Facility
Starting June 6, the VA MISSION Act will refer many veterans out to the new Community Care Network. One of the main Wilkie / Stone talking points about this change is ‘convenience’ and the idea that more veterans will be cared for more quickly (a claim unlikely to occur given that the VA overall has the same or better wait times than the private sector).
VA Care for All
By: Suzanne Gordon • Gordon spoke to KFPA radio about her new book and how the VA provides the best model for national healthcare.
Putting Veterans at Risk
By: Suzanne Gordon • VA officials admitted that the VA MISSION Act would likely ‘stumble’ in its first days of implementation. One veterans’ advocate warned of the problems veterans could face from the private sector.
'Moonshot' on Veteran Suicide Prevention
Over the last two decades, as suicide rates in the US have climbed 33 percent, the rates for veterans who use the services of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) has remained relatively steady.
The VA Is Privatizing Veterans’ Health Care While Denying It
By: Suzanne Gordon • Health Care While Denying It
The Plan to Push Veterans into Private-Sector Health Care
By: Suzanne Gordon • Access standards are driving the conversation around the VA MISSION Act’s implementation — not the clinical needs of veteran patients.f
Trump’s Under-the-Radar Push to Dismantle Veterans Health Care
By: Jasper Craven & Suzanne Gordon • The MISSION Act was supposed to fix the problems with an expensive program that outsourced veterans to the private sector. But did it make those mistakes permanent?
Our Predictions on the VA MISSION Act’s Performance
What are veterans going to experience when being referred out to the Community Care Network on June 6? Do you think you’ll notice a difference?