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Establishing Vouchers For Veteran Health Care
Editor’s note: For more on this topic, stay tuned for additional Health Affairs Blog posts today from Jonathan Bush and Joel Kupersmith. Recent disclosures of long wait times at Department of Veterans...
View ArticleVets Deserve The Right To Shop For Care
Editor’s note: For more on this topic, see the Health Affairs Blog post from Theodore Stefos and James Burgess, and stay tuned for an upcoming blog post from Joel Kupersmith. As former Procter &...
View ArticleThe VA Post-Scandal: New Law And New Leadership
Editor’s note: For more on this topic, see the Health Affairs Blog posts from Theodore Stefos and James Burgess and Jonathan Bush. In the wake of the recent scandals in the Department of Veterans...
View ArticleSupporting Returning Veterans: the Military Medic to Paramedic Program
Among the current challenges facing our nation are the high unemployment rate of veterans returning from active duty in the Middle East and the current shortage of health care professionals. There is a...
View ArticleTeaching Health Centers: An Attainable, Near-Term Pathway To Expand Graduate...
Stakeholders in Graduate Medical Education (GME) and members of Congress eagerly anticipated the long delayed but recently released Institute of Medicine (IOM) GME report. While perceptively...
View ArticleLast Year Was A Wild One For Health Law — What’s On The Docket For 2015?
Everywhere we look, we see the tremendous impact of new legal developments—whether regulatory or statutory, federal or state—on health and health care. These topics range from insurance to intellectual...
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Honoring Those Who Served: Closing Coverage And Access Gaps for Veterans
On this Memorial Day, as we honor the sacrifices of those who gave their lives serving in the US Armed Forces, it is also important to remember the living veterans and to assess how well the nation is...
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Improving Health And Health Care: An Agenda For Reform
The debate over, and eventual enactment of, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) brought to the surface of American politics a long-standing divide over the proper orientation of health care policy. On one...
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A New Role For The Veterans Health Administration
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is transforming into a major health care payer in addition to its role as a provider. In 2014, in response to scandals in the Department of Veterans Affairs...
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Gulf War Illness 25 Years After Desert Storm
In the 25 years since Desert Storm, about 250,000 of the almost 700,000 involved in the Gulf War 1 theater have suffered from some version of the complex of symptoms now called Gulf War Illness. This...
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Narrative Matters: On Our Reading List
Editor’s note: “Narrative Matters: On Our Reading List” is a monthly roundup where we share some of the most compelling health care narratives driving the news and conversation in recent weeks. In this...
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Improving Outcomes for Justice-Involved Individuals With Lessons From...
Over 10 million individuals were incarcerated in the United States at some point in 2014. Incarcerated individuals are disproportionately poor, black, and homeless, and suffer from higher rates of...
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