World Aug 06 VA will now recognize some veteran’s illnesses associated with exposure to burn pits By Dan Sagalyn
Education Dec 11 For-profit colleges that get GI Bill money need more oversight, veterans say Internal government documents, watchdog reports and interviews suggest that little has been done to crack down on colleges accused of predatory behavior. By Jasper Craven, The Hechinger Report
Politics Feb 14 Watchdog’s report faults VA chief over Europe trip expenses WASHINGTON — Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin improperly accepted Wimbledon tennis tickets and his staff lied that he was getting an award in order to justify his wife accompanying him at taxpayer expense on an 11-day European trip that mixed… By Hope Yen, Associated Press
Arts Oct 24 How a wounded combat veteran and his wife struggled to make a family I met Rachel and Jason Hallett two years ago while reporting a story about how the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs wouldn’t cover in-vitro fertilization for wounded veterans. Here's where things stand for the Halletts - and the legislation -… By William Brangham
Nation Jun 24 Watch 3:45 Will a new law hold the VA more accountable? President Trump signed a bipartisan-backed law yesterday aimed at improving the Veterans Administration, which has been criticized for its quality of care. The law creates a new VA accountability office and makes it easier for the VA to fire employees. By PBS News Hour
Jan 04 Watch 7:54 Wounded vets can’t get help with in vitro fertilization costs By PBS News Hour U.S. military veterans who are having trouble starting families due to combat injuries do not get financial assistance from the V.A. for in vitro fertilization, leaving couples to pay for the costly treatments themselves. Efforts made in Congress to change… Continue watching
Feb 18 Look out for Medicare drug plans’ bait-and-switch pricing tactics By Philip Moeller Many Medicare drug plans – both Part D and plans that are part of Medicare Advantage policies – offer very low premiums to get you in the door. But they have ways of shifting the costs back on to Medicare… Continue reading
Jun 30 Obama taps business executive to oversee troubled VA By Julie Pace, Associated Press Seeking to turn around a troubled agency, President Barack Obama will nominate former Procter & Gamble executive Robert McDonald to lead a Veterans Affairs department gripped by reports of treatment delays and cover-ups. Continue reading
May 27 Obama to unveil new foreign policy for post-Iraq and Afghanistan era By Domenico Montanaro, Terence Burlij, Rachel Wellford Life after Iraq and Afghanistan: Over the next two weeks, President Obama will lay out his vision for American foreign policy after the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Continue reading
May 21 Watch Why is it so hard for some veterans to get care from the VA? By PBS News Hour Continue watching