
Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute

DRIVING
THE WEEK
Newsletter


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12/21/2020 - Wilkie Must Go
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11/23/2020 - Trump and the VSO's
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11/19/2020 - Veterans Day
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11/09/2020 - Veterans' Healthcare in a Biden Admin. and the 117th Congress
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11/02/2020 - What's next for veterans' healthcare after Election Day?
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10/26/2020 - Can you change the toxic politics around veterans' healthcare?
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10/19/2020 - How firearms politics hurt suicide prevention efforts
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10/13/2020 - Racism, masks, and the broken politics of veterans’ healthcare
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10/05/2020 - The widening impact of the pandemic
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09/28/2020 - Pandemic fallout continues to impact veterans and their families
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09/21/2020 - Fulfilling the VA’s Mission
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09/14/2020 - Creating distance and time to prevent veteran suicide
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09/08/2020 - A major influence on veteran suicide: Discharge Status
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08/31/2020 - “My entire experience was more frightening than my period in Iraq”
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08/24/2020 - The importance of healthcare facility design
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08/17/2020 - How the Postal Service slowdown impacts veterans
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08/10/2020 - Veteran unemployment down, but still double pre-pandemic rate
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08/03/2020 - End of life panels and pandemic privatization complications
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07/27/2020 - Sec. Wilkie continues to target VA workers
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07/20/2020 - Cash-strapped hospitals try to lure patients back
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07/13/2020 - Bad Papers, Appropriations, and the Fourth Mission
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07/06/2020 - Four ways to ensure veteran’s healthcare isn’t forgotten during the global pandemic
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06/22/2020 - The challenges women veterans face
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06/15/2020 - The fastest-growing segment of veterans? Women.
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06/08/2020 - Video: The VA’s Fifth Mission?
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06/01/2020 - The VA resumes normal operations after a COVID-19 ‘pause’
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05/28/2020 - 1 million unemployed veterans on Memorial Day
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05/18/2020 - 12% of veterans are unemployed - what about their healthcare?
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05/11/2020 - Our Exclusive Report & The VA's Plan to Return to "Normal"
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05/04/2020 - The VA’s Staffing Crisis; What’s the hold-up?
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04/27/2020 - America’s healthcare gaps are exposed during the Coronavirus pandemic
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04/20/2020 - Privatization fallout endangers rural veterans during the COVID-19 pandemic
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04/13/2020 - Expand VA care for veterans, their families, and VA employees
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04/06/2020 - COVID-19: Inspector General grades VA’s readiness; private sector reels
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03/31/2020 - The VA’s 4th mission is to respond to crises like COVID-19 - is the agency ready?
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03/23/2020 - The VA is the best health care system to respond to the pandemic
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03/16/2020 - How COVID-19 is impacting veterans
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03/10/2020 - Bad papers, retaliation, and the Coronavirus
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03/02/2020 - Veteran Service Organizations take Capitol Hill
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02/24/2020 - Firearms have been left out of the suicide prevention conversation for decades - until now
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02/18/2020 - Is VA Secretary Robert Wilkie looking for a new job?
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02/10/2020 - The Roundup of Veterans’ Health Care Headlines
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02/03/2020 - How VA staff are being used to cover private-sector hospital deficiencies
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01/27/2020 - VFW National Commander condemns President Trump over TBI comments
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01/21/2020 - Veterans, Monopolies, and the Health Care
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01/13/2020 - The big difference between American and Canadian Healthcare? (Hint: $$$)
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01/06/2020 - Here’s What Will Impact Veterans’ Care in 2020
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12/30/2019 - Former Insurance Exec Debunks ‘Choice’
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12/23/2019 - 2019 Review: The Year In Veterans’ Health Care
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12/16/2019 - Military families deal with privatization rot
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12/09/2019 - VA-style privatization crosses the pond
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12/02/2019 - The veterans’ health care privatization campaign enters a new phase
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11/25/2019 - Vietnam-era Women Veterans & Wartime Stress
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11/18/2019 - Shulkin: MISSION Act Access Standards being used as privatization tools
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11/11/2019 - Veterans Day and the Politics of Health Care
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11/04/2019 - Fact-Checking the VA Secretary
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10/29/2019 - David Shulkin dishes on the politics of the VA
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10/21/2019 - Did Pres. Trump want to close Veterans Affairs healthcare facilities w/o Congress' approval?
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10/14/2019 - VIDEO: This veteran was left with one (and the best) option when private insurance ran out.
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10/07/2019 - A new task force for suicide prevention
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09/30/2019 - The top veterans' health care headlines
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09/23/2019 - Firearms, Veterans, and the 2019 VA Report on Suicide Prevention
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09/16/2019 - Is Wilkie's VA dodging Congressional oversight of the Community Care Network?
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09/09/2019 - Congress is back. What does it mean for veterans' health care?
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08/26/2019 - Veterans, firearms, and suicide.
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08/19/2019 - Burns pits' are a threat to veterans' health
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08/12/2019 - PTSD & Genetics: What will the Million Veteran Research Program Reveal?
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07/29/2019 - VA partners named in opioid crisis lawsuit
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07/22/2019 - This week: VA whistleblowers, wait times, and health records
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07/01/2019 - What happens to a community when the VA hospital disappears?
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06/24/2019 - Deported veterans, MISSION Act performance, and the VA staffing crisis
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05/13/2019 - VA officials go after employee union
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05/06/2019 - Women Veterans, Outstanding Feds, and Big Partnerships
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04/29/2019 - Busy Week on Capitol Hill for Veterans’ Health
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04/22/2019 - Your Roundup of Veterans’ Health Care News
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04/15/2019 - Should the VA delay sending veterans to the private sector?
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04/08/2019 - The man and politics behind veterans’ health care
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04/01/2019 - What’s next for the Veterans Community Care Program?
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03/25/2019 - Due today: Public Comment on the VA’s Community Care Program
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03/18/2019 - How do we solve the national health care worker shortage crisis?
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03/11/2019 - Privatization deniers and President Trump’s Executive Order on Veteran Suicide
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03/04/2019 - VA facility closures coming sooner than expected?
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02/25/2019 - The VA’s new rules, staff shortages, and a game-changing partnership to prevent veteran suicide
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02/18/2019 - The week in veterans’ health care news
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02/11/2019 - Questions mount about new VA Access Standards
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02/04/2019 - A complete breakdown of the VA’s Access Standards
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01/28/2019 - Veterans face big ER bills, the opioid crisis, and double standards in PTSD care
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01/21/2019 - VA wait times, Koch defense, and a veterans’ budget
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01/14/2019 - The New York Times story on VA privatization and what they missed
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01/07/2019 - Veterans face new care challenges
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12/17/2018 - VA receives high marks again while Congress checks out non-VA Care
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12/10/2018 - Now Sponsored by Apple, Walmart, T-Mobile, and Phillips
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12/03/2018 - VA Mission Act Implementation Hearing Postponed
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11/26/2018 - Apple wants a bite of Veterans’ health Care Market
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11/19/2018 - The long term plan to privatize veterans’ health care
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11/13/2018 - How elections funding fights and union rights impact veterans
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11/05/2018 - Veterans’ homelessness drop, caregivers struggle
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10/30/2018 - Chaos, “real doctors,” and a rocky roll-out
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10/23/2018 - Unreliable Sources and Wounds of War
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10/08/2018 - Your veterans’ health care news roundup
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10/01/2018 - Your veterans health care news roundup
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09/24/2018 - Measuring veterans’ health care quality
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09/10/2018 - Mar-a-Lago, privatization, and the media
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09/03/2018 - The behind-the-scenes race to treat PTSD
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08/27/2018 - Telehealth and veterans gun storage habits
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08/20/2018 - Why veterans’ health care offers a beacon of hope
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08/13/2018 - Commentary, VA Shadow Rulers, and the power to do harm
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08/06/2018 - The problem with the VA’s plan for suicide prevention
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07/30/2018 - A new VA Secretary, Transgender Veterans, and Healthcare Franchises
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07/23/2018 - This week’s biggest veterans’ health care news
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07/09/2018 - What do veterans really need?
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06/25/2018 - The importance of being heard.