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TOPIC: Health
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Posted: August 1, 2007

Report Addresses Veterans' Care

Injured U.S. soldier Since inadequate facilities were uncovered at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, new attention has been given to veterans' health needs. Two experts on veterans' medical care answer your questions.
QUESTIONS
Would veterans of other wars get an increase in disability payments?
Will there be a change in hiring practices?
Are the problems with veterans health care typical of health care in general?
Will there be more training to handle PTSD?
Does the number of retirees impact care of current soldiers?
What is Personality Disorder?

Five months after a public outcry over veterans health care, a nine-member commission released a report on how to improve the military's health system.

The commission, headed by former Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala, suggested:

- overhauling and simplifying the current disability and compensation system;

- requiring comprehensive training programs in post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injuries for military and Veterans Affairs personnel;

- creating a Web site to let patients and doctors share information as patients move to other facilities; and

- providing more financial support and leave for families of injured service members.

Two experts on military health care, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs Dr. S. Ward Casscells and Director of Policy for Veterans for America Jason Forrester, answer your questions.

Transcript: Panel Calls for Changes to Wounded Veterans' Care


EXTERNAL LINKS
Report: The President's Commission on Care
U.S. Department of Defense Military Health Affairs
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans for America


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