The VA’s Inspector General Must Do More
By Russell Lemle, The Washington Monthly For four decades, the Office of Inspector General at the Department of Veterans Affairs has...
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- Jul 29
- 1 min
Pending Legislation Puts VA Health Care at Risk
By VHPI Policy Director Russell B. Lemle, PhD; Joseph T. Abate, DMD, President, National Association of VA Physicians and Dentists; and...
- Jul 24
- 5 min
A Conversation on VA with Dr. Harold Kudler
VHPI recently had the opportunity to correspond with Harold Kudler, M.D., one of the nation’s most experienced physicians who has...
- Jul 24
- 1 min
VHPI Joins Diverse Coalition to Oppose Pending VA Bills
In mid-July, the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs (SVAC) held a hearing to discuss two pending bills that would drastically reshape...
- Jul 11
- 2 min
Gunning for VA Privatization
By Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early Funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) was one of many federal budget items that suddenly...
- Jul 10
- 1 min
Policy Analysis: Making Community Care Work for Veterans Act
The Making Community Care Work for Veterans Act of 2023 has several sections that contain some useful improvements but does not go far...
- Jun 16
- 1 min
VHPI Opposes Passage of the HEALTH Act
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has long administered the most successful healthcare system in the country. As a recent summary...
- Jun 16
- 1 min
VHPI Releases VA Fact Sheets
In an effort to streamline our exhaustive well of research, the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute has just released a series of...
- May 25
- 3 min
Republicans Target 7 Million Veterans and Family Members with Imminent Debt Default
Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy continues to fight an unprecedented and unnecessary game of “chicken” with the U.S. Government...
- May 10
- 1 min
Veterans Will Benefit if the VA Includes Telehealth in its Access Standards
By Russell Lemle and Megan McCarthy, originally in the Federal Practitioner The VA MISSION Act of 2018 expanded options for veterans to...
- May 9
- 2 min
Preventing Veteran Suicides Through Better Data
By Russell Lemle, originally in The Washington Monthly In 2019, with the number of U.S. veterans dying by suicide surpassing 6,000 for...
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Congress Hears Misguided Proposal for Private Sector Substance Use Treatment
Earlier this month, the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Health Subcommittee held an important hearing that could potentially lead to...
- Apr 17
- 2 min
Unhealthy Competition
By Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early President Joe Biden has voiced concern that corporate consolidation has led to what he calls “widening...
- Apr 11
- 2 min
Pact Act Problems
By Suzanne Gordon + Steve Early, for The Progressive When President Joe Biden braved Republican jeers and boos to deliver his State of...
- Apr 7
- 2 min
VHPI Report Elicits News Coverage + Political Attention
Late last month, the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute, in association with the American Federation of Government Employees, released...
- Mar 21
- 2 min
VHPI Releases Illuminating Report on VA’s Severe Staffing Shortages
Today, the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute, in association with the American Federation of Government Employees, released a...
- Mar 13
- 1 min
Debunking Congressman Comer's “Show Up Act”
On March 7th, The Federal Practitioner published an article co-authored by VHPI Senior Policy Analyst Russell Lemle and Katherine B....
- Mar 7
- 3 min
The SHOW UP Act Threatens VA Telehealth
By Russell Lemle + Katherine McGuire Appeared in Federal Practitioner March 7, 2023 https://www.mdedge.com/fedprac/article/261619/mental-...
- Dec 9, 2022
- 1 min
The Race to Save Medical Research
Most Americans probably aren’t aware that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system, along with the National Institutes...
- Nov 30, 2022
- 3 min
Don't close VA facilities, my son and many others need their mental health programs
(This guest essay for Newsday is by Joseph Riotta, a telecommunications industry sales director and VHPI advisory board member whose son...
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