Op-Ed: Two Mental Health Centers Hit with Defense Budget Cuts
WHY CLOSURE OF MILITARY TRAUMA PROGRAMS UNDER THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT IS POOR POLICY Over the past three years, the Trump...
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- May 3, 2020
- 3 min
Coming Thursday: Report on VA Staffing Crisis
HOW YEARS OF POLITICAL INACTION AND IDEOLOGICAL ATTACKS THRUST THE VA INTO THE WORST VACANCY CRISIS IN AMERICAN GOVERNMENT - AND HOW TO...
- Apr 12, 2020
- 3 min
The VA shouldn't have its facilities closed during the COVID-19 crisis
VA FACILITIES NEED TO EXPAND WHILE THE COMMISSION RESPONSIBLE FOR CLOSING THEM SHOULD DISBAND. The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed...
- Feb 22, 2020
- 5 min
Firearm Storage as a Suicide Prevention Tactic for Veterans
FIREARM FOUNDATIONS, VETERANS, AND HEALTH CARE ADMINISTRATORS AND ADVOCATES WILL DISCUSS VETERAN SUICIDE AT A ONE-DAY CONFERENCE IN SAN...
- Feb 3, 2020
- 3 min
Coalition of organizations converge on Capitol Hill to fight VA privatization
VETERANS FOR PEACE, NATIONAL NURSES UNITED, AND MEMBERS OF THE AMERICAN FEDERATION OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AND COMMON DEFENSE ARE...
- Jan 20, 2020
- 8 min
Veterans, Monopolies, and the future of Veterans’ Health Care
PHILLIP LONGMAN, A LEADING VOICE ON HEALTH CARE MARKET CONSOLIDATION AND HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS, DISASSEMBLES THE FALSE CHOICE NOW BEING...
- Jan 5, 2020
- 8 min
Looking Ahead to Veterans’ Health Care in 2020
VHPI’S ANALYSIS OF CURRENT EVENTS AND PREDICTIONS OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN THIS YEAR. By Suzanne Gordon, VHPI Senior Policy Analyst & Jasper...
- Dec 15, 2019
- 3 min
Privatization Rot
HOW PRIVATIZATION HAS LED TO MAJOR HEALTH RISKS FOR MILITARY FAMILIES IN MILITARY HOUSING. By Suzanne Gordon VHPI Senior Policy Analyst...
- Nov 24, 2019
- 5 min
Assumptions behind outsourcing veterans to community providers
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...
- Nov 17, 2019
- 10 min
VHPI’s Conversation with Dr. David Shulkin, Part II
PART 2 OF VHPI’S CONVERSATION WITH DR. DAVID SHULKIN, THE 9TH SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. Former VA Secretary Dr....
- Nov 9, 2019
- 15 min
VHPI’s Conversation with Dr. David Shulkin
PART 1 OF VHPI’S CONVERSATION WITH DR. DAVID SHULKIN, THE 9TH SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS. Former VA Secretary Dr....
- Oct 6, 2019
- 4 min
The Rural Health Crisis Hits Veterans Hard
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...
- Jun 13, 2019
- 2 min
Nine Questions Veterans Need to Ask Before They’re Referred to VA Community Care
COST, QUALITY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE BIG CONCERNS WITH NON-VA CARE By Brett W. Copeland VHPI Executive Director The VA MISSION Act has...
- Jun 5, 2019
- 13 min
Our Predictions on the VA MISSION Act’s Performance
VHPI Steering Committee Members and Senior Policy Analysts sat down with VHPI Executive Director Brett W. Copeland to discuss their...
- Jun 5, 2019
- 2 min
What's Special about a VA Facility
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...
- Mar 11, 2019
- 2 min
'Moonshot' on Veteran Suicide Prevention
EXPANDING THE VA’S PREVENTION RESOURCES TO OUR COMMUNITIES By Brett W. Copeland VHPI Executive Director Over the last two decades, as...
- Dec 17, 2018
- 3 min
Veterans deserve accountability from private healthcare providers
MISSION ACT QUALITY OF CARE MUST BE A TOP PRIORITY By Suzanne Gordon & Russell Lemle, PhD VHPI Senior Policy Analysts On December 19 the...
- Sep 9, 2018
- 5 min
Mar-a-Lago, Privatization, and the Media
THE VA’S ACTING UNDER SECRETARY FOR HEALTH MADE A SPEECH TO THE AMERICAN LEGION. HERE IS ONE LEGIONNAIRE’S RESPONSE. By Suzanne Gordon...
- Sep 2, 2018
- 3 min
Starting from Scratch
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...
- Aug 14, 2018
- 4 min
"The clearest representation of what we can accomplish collectively"
AN ADVISORY BOARD MEMBER EXPLAINS WHY HE JOINED VHPI By Edward Machtinger, M.D. VHPI Advisory Board Member I’m writing this blog to...
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