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Die Suche nach »Department of Veterans Affairs« hat 36 Resultate geliefert. Angezeigt werden die Resultate von 21 bis 30.



333,000 US Casualties: Are They Covered?
Truthout's Maya Schenwar reports: "The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will treat about 333,000 sick and injured veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in 2009, according to VA statistics released... ...
Surge Seen in Number of Homeless Veterans
Erik Eckholm reports for The New York Times, "More than 400 veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have turned up homeless, and the Veterans Affairs Department and aid groups say they are bracing for... ...
Six Percent of Combat Vets Have Serious Brain Injuries
The Army Times' Rick Maze reports that "six percent of Afghanistan and Iraq war veterans seeking treatment at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals have been diagnosed with traumatic brain injuries,... ...
US Accused of Failing Ill '91 Gulf War Veterans
Reuters reports, "Medical experts and US senators accused the Pentagon and Veterans Affairs Department on Tuesday of failing to take seriously illnesses suffered by U.S. 1991 Gulf War veterans and doing... ...
VA Violates Internal Policy in Treating Injured Vets
The Associated Press's Hope Yen reports: "The Department of Veterans Affairs repeatedly understated wait times for injured veterans seeking medical care and in many serious cases forced them to wait more... ...
The Uncounted Casualties of War
http://www.commondreams.or g/archive/2007/08/02/2924 -------- The Uncounted Casualties of War By Amy Goodman U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Jeffrey Lucey is not counted among the Iraq war dead. But he did... ...
Lawmakers Want VA to Explain Bonuses
Congressional leaders demanded that the veterans affairs secretary explain hefty bonuses for senior department officials involved in crafting a budget that came up $1 billion short and jeopardized veterans'... ...
One-Third of "War on Terror" Vets Have Mental Health Problems
In Search of Support for PTSD Since leaving Iraq in 2003, Jullian Philip Goodrum - like many soldiers - has been gradually overcoming the symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder. When he began experiencing... ...
Troops Return to Painful Wait for Needed Help
"The California Nurses Association reported that in the first quarter of 2006, the US Department of Veterans Affairs 'treated 20,638 Iraq veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder, and they have a backlog... ...
Negotiating Lower Drug Prices; Big Pharma Lobyying Congress
Below is a case example of the collision between Big Pharma and the American consumer. The New York Times editorial in support of legislation to require the government to negotiate lower drug costs: "Under... ...