JOURNALISM AND COMMENTARY
The fallout of a 'bad paper' discharge
When it comes to life after service for military veterans, civilians likely do not consider – much less realize – how discharge status can impact a veteran’s life.
The assault on the Postal Service puts veterans in the line of fire
Veterans are served by and serve at the United States Postal Service. Like the military, the Postal Service serves society at-large and it is based on a communal culture intended to fulfill the aims of American society.
Op-Ed: Two Mental Health Centers Hit with Defense Budget Cuts
Over the past three years, the Trump Administration and Congress have made military and veteran mental health issues as well as the epidemic of military and veteran suicide a top priority.
The Challenges Women Veterans Face
I was telling another nurse about my chronic tinnitus - ringing in the ears. Sometimes it gets so bad, it keeps me from sleeping.
Coming Thursday: Report on VA Staffing Crisis
When we commissioned the report, The VA’s Vacancy Crisis last year, no one predicted that a pandemic would sweep across the globe.
Trump’s War on Veterans
By: Suzanne Gordon & Jasper Craven • Trump’s VA Secretary insisted before Congress that hiring to fill 50,000 vacancies at the Department of Veterans Affairs shouldn’t be a priority. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic struck.
The VA shouldn't have its facilities closed during the COVID-19 crisis
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.
The Best Health System to React to COVID-19
By: Suzanne Gordon & Jasper Craven • The Veterans Health Administration has a big role to play in the COVID-19 pandemic. But have repeated attempts to privatize the agency hindered its ability to respond? Read full article more from VHPI’s Suzanne Gordon and Jasper Craven at The American Prospect.
Firearm Storage as a Suicide Prevention Tactic for Veterans
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.’
Looking Ahead to Veterans’ Health Care in 2020
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.
Privatization Rot
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.
The Continuing Bid to Privatize Veterans’ Care
By: Suzanne Gordon & Jasper Craven • How a suicide prevention bill became another way to privatize the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Assumptions behind outsourcing veterans to community providers
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.