JOURNALISM AND COMMENTARY
A VA Primary Care Physician Explains How the “VA Advantage” Works on the Ground
A recent study by Stanford University economists categorically demonstrates that veterans who get their care at the VHA live longer during and after a medical emergency,
Rather Than Bash the VA, Let’s Learn From Its Successes
By: Joan Cook PhD; Source: VHPI analysis • Joan Cook, an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the Yale School of Medicine, wrote in the Federal Practitioner about VHPI's recent analysis of a groundbreaking study into the "VA advantage."
Veterans, Monopolies, and the future of Veterans’ Health Care
VHPI Advisory Board Member Phillip Longman, author of the book Best Care Anywhere: Why VA healthcare would be Better for Everyone (now in its third edition), has in-depth knowledge of what happens inside America’s public and private health care sectors.
Fact Check: Sec. Wilkie's IMPROVE Claims
Last Wednesday, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilke published an opinion piece “In Congress, Veteran Suicide Prevention Is a Bipartisan Topic.
Coalition of organizations converge on Capitol Hill to fight VA privatization
Lewis “Skip” Delano deployed to Vietnam in 1968 after growing up farming in Virginia and Maryland.
The State of Veterans’ Health Care in 2019
A radical overhaul of veterans’ dedicated health care system was rolled out in 2019. The VA MISSION Act, the successor to the VA’s much-troubled and consistently over-budget ‘Choice’ program was deployed in June.
VHPI Calls on Wilkie to Resign
Over the past week, the most influential veterans’ organizations (and even The New York Times) have called for the firing of Robert Wilkie, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs.
An Encounter with VA Politics
In May 2019, the Department of Veterans Affairs terminated a 10-year-old program that sent healthcare providers to fill temporary staffing needs at VA medical clinics throughout the country.
Remaking the Politics of Veterans' Healthcare
In part I of this conversation with Stephen Trynosky, VHPI discussed how the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (HVAC) was traditionally viewed as a backwater in Congress.
Firearms Proves Contentious in Struggle to Reduce Veterans’ Suicides
By: Dave Philipps; Source: Russell Lemle • The New York Times cited VHPI Policy Analyst Russell Lemle, Ph.D., in its report on how “the gun control debate complicated an effort to encourage frank talk by health professionals about the risks posed by firearms.”
The Broken Politics of Veterans’ Healthcare
HOW THE VA CAN BETTER MANAGE ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEGISLATORS AND DRIVE BETTER CARE FOR VETERANS.
The fallout of a 'bad paper' discharge
When it comes to life after service for military veterans, civilians likely do not consider – much less realize – how discharge status can impact a veteran’s life.
The assault on the Postal Service puts veterans in the line of fire
Veterans are served by and serve at the United States Postal Service. Like the military, the Postal Service serves society at-large and it is based on a communal culture intended to fulfill the aims of American society.