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NEWS ABOUT: Veterans Administration

Veterans Administration stories: 7 news summaries

 Lack of Health 
 Insurance Kills 
  2K Veterans 
 a Year 

2,266 died last year, a study finds

Nov 11, 09 8:16 AM CST
(Newser) - Some 2,266 US veterans under 65 died last year because they didn't have health insurance, a team from Harvard Medical School estimates. Although most vets get medical care through the VA, there are about a million and a half, under 65, who were not wounded and are "too... More »

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health care • veterans • health insurance • uninsured • Veterans Day • Veterans Administration

 Obama to Vets: 
 Afghan War Is 
 'of Necessity' 

Prez also assures VFW confab that medical benefits won't change

Aug 17, 09 3:06 PM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama defended the war in Afghanistan, spoke optimistically about Iraq, and tried to iron out misconceptions about health care reform today in a speech at a VFW convention, the Washington Post reports. “The insurgency in Afghanistan didn't just happen overnight. And we won't defeat it overnight,”... More »

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health care reform • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Veterans of Foreign Wars • Veterans Administration • Obama administration • President Obama • VFW

(Newser) - The new GI bill going into effect Aug. 1 is the biggest expansion of the program since World War II, but the benefits are far from uniform, the AP reports. The new system determines the money a vet gets for college on a state-by-state basis. Full tuition is guaranteed at... More »

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veterans • higher education • US military • university • college tuition • GI Bill • benefits • Veterans Administration • state school

(Newser) - Hospitals around the country are scrambling to comply with a federal mandate that they digitize their records systems, and one Texas hospital is an example of how to do that virtually for free, the Wall Street Journal reports. Developed with billions of taxpayer dollars, the Veterans Health Administration’s software... More »

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Jay Rockefeller • open source • health records • Veterans Administration

 Panel: Don't Screen
 Older Men for
 Prostate Cancer

Treatment may be more harmful than helpful after the age of 74

Aug 5, 08 2:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Physicians should stop screening men 75 and older for prostate cancer, according to new guidelines issued by national health task force. Prostate cancer is "overdiagnosed" in up to 44% of cases—that is, the cancer is present but so slow growing that it would probably never produce symptoms in... More »

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prostate cancer • American Cancer Society • PSA • American Urological Association • Veterans Administration • prostate-specific antigen • U.S. Preventive Services Task Force • Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment

Obama Wants Probe of VA Drug Tests

'Outrageous' that suicide-linked drugs were tested on vets

Jun 18, 08 12:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama and Republican Sen. John Cornyn are seeking a probe into reports that veterans had been recruited for tests on drugs linked to suicide, ABC News reports. An ABC News/Washington Times story noted that vets were given the anti-smoking drug Chantix in government tests, but for more than... More »

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Barack Obama • veterans • suicide • veterans' health care • White House • John Cornyn • ABC News • Chantix • Veterans Administration

Vets Used to Test Drugs Linked to Suicide

VA accused of treating troubled patients like 'lab rats'

Jun 17, 08 2:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - Combat veterans suffering post-traumatic stress disorder were recruited for clinical trials of drugs linked to suicide and mental disorders, ABC reports. In a trial involving the smoking-cessation drug Chantix, the VA did not warn patients of the drug's serious potential side effects until 3 months after the FDA and the... More »

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veterans • Department of Veterans Affairs • PTSD • clinical trials • Chantix • Food and Drug Administration • Veterans Administration

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