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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....

AND THEY WON’T FIND RELIEF IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR. By Suzanne Gordon VHPI Senior Policy Analyst Author, Wounds of War: How the VA Delivers...

COST, QUALITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE BIG CONCERNS WITH NON-VA CARE By Brett W. Copeland VHPI Executive Director The VA MISSION Act has...

VHPI Steering Committee Members and Senior Policy Analysts sat down with VHPI Executive Director Brett W. Copeland to discuss their...

AND WHY THAT COULD CHANGE AFTER THE MISSION ACT ROLL OUT ON JUNE 6 By Paul Cox, VHPI President & Vietnam Veteran By Lou Kern, VHPI...

EXPANDING THE VA’S PREVENTION RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITIES By Brett W. Copeland VHPI Executive Director Over the last two decades, as...

MISSION ACT QUALITY OF CARE MUST BE A TOP PRIORITY By Suzanne Gordon & Russell Lemle, PhD VHPI Senior Policy Analysts On December 19 the...

THE VA’S ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH MADE A SPEECH TO THE AMERICAN LEGION. HERE IS ONE LEGIONNAIRE’S RESPONSE. By Suzanne Gordon...

THE ROLE STABILITY PLAYS IN EFFECTIVE HEALTH CARE. By Joan Zweben, Ph.D. VHPI Steering Committee For nearly 40 years I worked to create a...