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VA health care reforms are underway, leaders tell panel
A blue ribbon panel making recommendations to Congress on Veterans Affairs health care heard Monday from the department’s top leaders, who said reforms are underway.
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VA employees disciplined in health enrollment scandal
Veterans Affairs employeesface disciplinary action for their involvement in a scandal surrounding the department’s health care enrollment system.
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Senators move to give veterans access to medical marijuana
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed an amendment that would let Veterans Affairs doctors discuss and recommend marijuana as a potential medical treatment in states where it is legal.
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Senator pushes to fund fertility services at VA
An amendment to the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill would allocate $88 million to VA to cover fertility treatments and counseling for veterans who can’t haveunable to have children as a result of wartime injuries
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Tricare to allow urgent care visits without a referral
Beneficiaries enrolled in Prime will be able to go to an urgent care clinic without a referral under a new program that starts May 23.
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VA health panel on closure report: ‘Nothing was done in secret’
Members of a blue-ribbon panel studying VA health care defended the group’s work last week, deflecting charges they want to shutter all Veterans Affairs medical facilities in favor of government-paid private care for veterans.
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List of Agent Orange-related diseases may expand
A VA working group is studying a report issued in March by the Institute of Medicine to determine whether bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinson’s-like symptoms should make a Vietnam veteran automatically eligible for benefits.
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Banned workout stimulant found in 14 dietary supplements
A new study has determined that 14 dietary supplements contain a stimulant banned in the United States.
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Reserve suicides up 23 percent — active-duty count remains steady
The number of active-duty personnel who died by suicide in 2015 declined slightly from the previous year but the figures for the reserves and National Guard rose.
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Panel weighs closing all VA health care — vets’ groups raise conflict of interest
A blue-ribbon panel created to evaluate the Veterans Affairs health system is weighing a radical proposal to eliminate VA medical centers and outpatient facilities over the next 20 years.
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VA health care reforms are underway, leaders tell panel
A blue ribbon panel making recommendations to Congress on Veterans Affairs health care heard Monday from the department’s top leaders, who said reforms are underway.
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VA employees disciplined in health enrollment scandal
Veterans Affairs employeesface disciplinary action for their involvement in a scandal surrounding the department’s health care enrollment system.
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Senators move to give veterans access to medical marijuana
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed an amendment that would let Veterans Affairs doctors discuss and recommend marijuana as a potential medical treatment in states where it is legal.
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Senator pushes to fund fertility services at VA
An amendment to the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill would allocate $88 million to VA to cover fertility treatments and counseling for veterans who can’t haveunable to have children as a result of wartime injuries
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Tricare to allow urgent care visits without a referral
Beneficiaries enrolled in Prime will be able to go to an urgent care clinic without a referral under a new program that starts May 23.
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VA health panel on closure report: ‘Nothing was done in secret’
Members of a blue-ribbon panel studying VA health care defended the group’s work last week, deflecting charges they want to shutter all Veterans Affairs medical facilities in favor of government-paid private care for veterans.
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List of Agent Orange-related diseases may expand
A VA working group is studying a report issued in March by the Institute of Medicine to determine whether bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinson’s-like symptoms should make a Vietnam veteran automatically eligible for benefits.
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Banned workout stimulant found in 14 dietary supplements
A new study has determined that 14 dietary supplements contain a stimulant banned in the United States.
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Reserve suicides up 23 percent — active-duty count remains steady
The number of active-duty personnel who died by suicide in 2015 declined slightly from the previous year but the figures for the reserves and National Guard rose.
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Panel weighs closing all VA health care — vets’ groups raise conflict of interest
A blue-ribbon panel created to evaluate the Veterans Affairs health system is weighing a radical proposal to eliminate VA medical centers and outpatient facilities over the next 20 years.
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VA health care reforms are underway, leaders tell panel
A blue ribbon panel making recommendations to Congress on Veterans Affairs health care heard Monday from the department’s top leaders, who said reforms are underway.
-
VA employees disciplined in health enrollment scandal
Veterans Affairs employeesface disciplinary action for their involvement in a scandal surrounding the department’s health care enrollment system.
-
Senators move to give veterans access to medical marijuana
The Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday passed an amendment that would let Veterans Affairs doctors discuss and recommend marijuana as a potential medical treatment in states where it is legal.
-
Senator pushes to fund fertility services at VA
An amendment to the Senate Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill would allocate $88 million to VA to cover fertility treatments and counseling for veterans who can’t haveunable to have children as a result of wartime injuries
-
Tricare to allow urgent care visits without a referral
Beneficiaries enrolled in Prime will be able to go to an urgent care clinic without a referral under a new program that starts May 23.
-
VA health panel on closure report: ‘Nothing was done in secret’
Members of a blue-ribbon panel studying VA health care defended the group’s work last week, deflecting charges they want to shutter all Veterans Affairs medical facilities in favor of government-paid private care for veterans.
-
List of Agent Orange-related diseases may expand
A VA working group is studying a report issued in March by the Institute of Medicine to determine whether bladder cancer, hypothyroidism and Parkinson’s-like symptoms should make a Vietnam veteran automatically eligible for benefits.
-
Banned workout stimulant found in 14 dietary supplements
A new study has determined that 14 dietary supplements contain a stimulant banned in the United States.
-
Reserve suicides up 23 percent — active-duty count remains steady
The number of active-duty personnel who died by suicide in 2015 declined slightly from the previous year but the figures for the reserves and National Guard rose.
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Panel weighs closing all VA health care — vets’ groups raise conflict of interest
A blue-ribbon panel created to evaluate the Veterans Affairs health system is weighing a radical proposal to eliminate VA medical centers and outpatient facilities over the next 20 years.
