Goal for the center will be to treat Veteran and non-Veteran patients using Hadron therapy CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 17, 2016. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Stanford Medicine announced today that they are collaborating to establish the nation’s first Hadron Center in Palo Alto, CA, for the benefit of Veteran[Read More…]
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Message from the Veterans Administration Under Secretary for Health Regarding Delays in Veteran’s Access to Healthcare
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. Statement from David J. Shulkin, M.D., VA Under Secretary for Health: On April 19, I testified before the House Veteran Affairs Committee during a hearing related to delays in Veteran’s Access to Healthcare. In the course of that hearing, a member of the Committee said that[Read More…]
Senate Appropriation Committee Votes To Lift Veterans Administration Gag Order On Medical Cannabis
Veterans Equal Access Amendment Would Allow Veterans Administration Physicians To Recommend Medical Cannabis Washington, DC –(ENEWSPF)–May 21, 2015. In a landslide vote, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations voted to the add the Veterans Equal Access Amendment (VEAA) to the FY2016 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs (MilConVA) Appropriations bill,[Read More…]
Veterans Administration: May is Mental Health Awareness Month
New VA Website Encourages Veterans to Tell Their Stories of Hope WASHINGTON –(ENEWSPF)—May 7, 2015. May is Mental Health Awareness Month. To commemorate the month, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is encouraging Veterans, along with their families and friends, to visit and view recovery journey stories on the website,[Read More…]
Medicare Part D Medication Prices Are Significantly Higher Than Medicaid, Veterans Health Administration and All Other Developed Countries, New Study Finds
Seniors Ration Medications; Authors Call for Congress to Reduce Prices Source: www.wikimedia.org WASHINGTON, D.C. –-(ENEWSPF)–July 24, 2015. Because of congressional restrictions on the government’s ability to negotiate with the pharmaceutical industry, Medicare Part D drug prices are significantly higher than those in either Medicaid or the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)[Read More…]
Senator Kirk Questions Veterans Benefit Administration Secretary on Long Veteran Wait Times in Chicago
Current Wait Time at Chicago Regional Office is an Average of 172 Days WASHINGTON –-(ENEWSPF)–March 20, 2015. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), Chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, questioned Veterans Affairs Under Secretary Allison Hickey yesterday about the veterans claims backlog and the current efforts[Read More…]
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration Releases New Study Outlining Opportunities for Returning Veterans
Experienced military truck and bus drivers will more easily be able to obtain civilian commercial driver‘s licenses under proposed FMCSA regulatory changes WASHINGTON–(ENEWSPF)–November 8, 2013. A new study released today by the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) recommended a series of regulatory changes to further[Read More…]
Veterans for Medical Cannabis Access Reply to the Disappointing Response from the Obama Administration
VIRGINIA—(ENEWSPF)—May 29, 2012. White House replies to Veterans petition: http://wh.gov/4xd Thousands of Veterans requested the Obama Administration to look into the reliable science now available showing exactly how cannabis works to alleviate suffering of Veterans pain and save the lives of Veterans with brain injuries such as PTSD and therefore make[Read More…]
We Can’t Wait: Obama Administration Announces New Initiatives to Get Veterans Back to Work
Washington, DC–(ENEWSPF)–November 7, 2011. Having served and defended our nation, veterans are well-trained, highly skilled and will add value to any company. But today’s veterans face unique challenges: As of October, over 850,000 veterans were unemployed and the jobless rate for post-9/11 veterans was 12.1 percent. And as we end[Read More…]
FACT SHEET: We Can’t Wait: Obama Administration’s New Initiatives to Help Create Jobs for Veterans
Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 25, 2011. Military medics are on the front lines everyday saving lives; they are the battlefield’s first responders. Yet many military medics who want to work as nurses, physician assistants or in other health care jobs when they leave the military, are often not given credit or credentials[Read More…]
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