Department of Veterans Affairs says money for private health care may run out by year’s end
Weeks after a veterans' health initiative received $2.1 billion in emergency funding, the Trump administration says the private-sector Veterans Choice health care program may need additional money as early as December to avoid a disruption of care for hundreds of…
Suicide among veterans highest in western U.S., rural areas
Montana, Utah, Nevada and New Mexico had the highest rates of veteran suicide as of 2014.
WATCH LIVE: Veterans Affairs Secretary Shulkin to discuss ‘forever GI bill’
Shulkin is expected to speak around 5 p.m. Wednesday. Watch live here.
Trump signs bill to fund veterans medical care program
President Donald Trump has signed an emergency spending bill that will pump more than $2 billion into a program that allows veterans to receive private medical care at government expense.
Over the past 96 years, the Veterans Administration -- now with over 1,700 care facilities serving more than 8.76 million veterans annually -- has experienced a roller-coaster ride of accomplishment, public opinion, resource allocation and criticism.
While long drives and limited access to health care are familiar burdens for many rural residents, the problem is particularly acute for veterans in those areas. They are far older than other rural residents, and far more likely to be…
The government wants to make it easier for veterans to get medical care and is promoting new ways to use technology to help.
A House committee has unveiled a plan that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift $2 billion from other programs to cover a sudden budget shortfall that threatens medical care for thousands of veterans in the coming weeks.
There are an estimated 39,000 homeless military veterans in the United States, according to the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Missing in America project works to locate, identify, and grant honorable burials to those who have died.
