The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed America’s worst-kept secret. Our nation has failed to provide its citizens with an adequate healthcare system that is flexible enough to regularly care for us and respond swiftly and equitably in times of crisis.

On February 28, the San Francisco VA Health Care System will join with the Greater San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP) for a one-day conference on ‘Advances in Safe Storage of Firearms and Preventive Strategies for Veterans at Risk for Suicide.’

Veterans’ health care is unique to American health care: it is the largest and only publicly-funded, fully integrated health care system in the country.

Anyone who thinks the privatization of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) will work out well for veterans should read the latest article in the New York Times on the privatization of military housing.

As the current VA leadership uses the MISSION Act of 2018 to increase the outsourcing of more and more veteran care from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to the private sector, more and more psychologists and other mental health providers insist that they are willing, eager, and prepared to do their bit for veterans.

Former VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin joined VHPI Executive Director Brett W. Copeland and VHPI Senior Policy Analyst Suzanne Gordon for a discussion about his new book It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Serve your Country: Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans.

Former VA Secretary Dr. David Shulkin joined VHPI Executive Director Brett W. Copeland and VHPI Senior Policy Analyst Suzanne Gordon for a discussion about his new book It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Serve your Country: Our Broken Government and the Plight of Veterans.

Sixty million Americans,19.3% of the population, live in rural areas – including millions of veterans. Many veterans who are lucky enough to be eligible to get care from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) complain of having to drive hours to get care.

The VA MISSION Act has officially rolled out and VA staff have begun to refer veterans to private sector providers in the Community Care Network.