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Last Wednesday, Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert Wilke published an opinion piece “In Congress, Veteran Suicide Prevention...

THE YEAR IN REVIEW By Brett W. Copeland VHPI Executive Director A radical overhaul of veterans’ dedicated health care system was rolled...

Over the past week, the most influential veterans’ organizations (and even The New York Times) have called for the firing of Robert...

AN ENCOUNTER WITH VA POLITICS ILLUSTRATES THE NEED FOR CULTURE CHANGE WITH VA CENTRAL OFFICE By Ali Parand, a general internist and...

Part II of VHPI’s Conversation with Stephen Trynosky In part I of this conversation with Stephen Trynosky, VHPI discussed how the House...

HOW THE VA CAN BETTER MANAGE ITS RELATIONSHIPS WITH LEGISLATORS AND DRIVE BETTER CARE FOR VETERANS. Since 2014, there has been a rapid...

When it comes to life after service for military veterans, civilians likely do not consider – much less realize – how discharge status...

AN ATTACK ON THE POSTAL SERVICE IS AN ATTACK ON THE COMMUNITY OF VETERANS By Jay Youngdahl Veteran, Third Armored Division, U.S. Army...

By Bridget Lattanzi OIF Veteran and VHPI Steering Committee Member I was telling another nurse about my chronic tinnitus - ringing in the...

WHY CLOSURE OF MILITARY TRAUMA PROGRAMS UNDER THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT IS POOR POLICY Over the past three years, the Trump...

HOW YEARS OF POLITICAL INACTION AND IDEOLOGICAL ATTACKS THRUST THE VA INTO THE WORST VACANCY CRISIS IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT - AND HOW TO...

VA FACILITIES NEED TO EXPAND WHILE THE COMMISSION RESPONSIBLE FOR CLOSING THEM SHOULD DISBAND. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed...

FIREARM FOUNDATIONS, VETERANS, AND HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATORS AND ADVOCATES WILL DISCUSS VETERAN SUICIDE AT A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE IN SAN...

VETERANS FOR PEACE, NATIONAL NURSES UNITED, AND MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AND COMMON DEFENSE ARE...

PHILLIP LONGMAN, A LEADING VOICE ON HEALTH CARE MARKET CONSOLIDATION AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, DISASSEMBLES THE FALSE CHOICE NOW BEING...

VHPI’S ANALYSIS OF CURRENT EVENTS AND PREDICTIONS OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR. By Suzanne Gordon, VHPI Senior Policy Analyst & Jasper...

HOW PRIVATIZATION HAS LED TO MAJOR HEALTH RISKS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES IN MILITARY HOUSING. By Suzanne Gordon VHPI Senior Policy Analyst...

By Dr. Josef Ruzek VHPI Advisory Board As the current VA leadership uses the MISSION Act of 2018 to increase the outsourcing of more and...

PART 2 OF VHPI’S CONVERSATION WITH DR. DAVID SHULKIN, THE 9TH SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. Former VA Secretary Dr....

PART 1 OF VHPI’S CONVERSATION WITH DR. DAVID SHULKIN, THE 9TH SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. Former VA Secretary Dr....