Joe Biden’s embrace of VA outsourcing just got worse.
Veterans Affairs
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Gunning for More VA Privatization
Veterans just dodged a GOP bullet to their health system, but now they face bipartisan fire once again.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Unhealthy Competition
How creeping privatization of health care services for military veterans is not helping patients or their caregivers.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Rural Pennsylvanians Stranded by Health Care Giants
Insurer UPMC and its new pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts are squeezing local independent pharmacies, with residents caught in the crossfire.
Posted inVideos
⏩ Do Veterans Need a New Agenda in Washington?
A discussion of issues affecting veterans and why progressives should pay more attention to veterans affairs
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Prescription Drug Middleman Potentially Profiting off Veterans
Express Scripts has forced 400,000 beneficiaries to find a new prescription filler. Critics say the company is steering them toward its own mail-order pharmacy.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
VA Research Verges on Breakdown Without Congressional Action
A reinterpretation on funding sources for VA researchers affiliated with academic institutions is imperiling irreplaceable studies of veterans’ health.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Congress and the VA MISSION Act
Buyer’s remorse or full speed ahead?
Posted inPolitics
Republicans Just Exposed Their Greatest Weakness
Only a deranged political party votes against health care for wounded veterans out of pure spite.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Corporate Groups Claiming to Support Service Members Don’t
While the Chamber of Commerce and other groups talk up their commitment to military families, they work behind the scenes to block access to consumer protections.