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Disabled veterans' costs to skyrocket
Today's veterans—disabled or not—number nearly 24 million, with the Department of Veterans Affairs projecting the count to fall below 15 million by 2033. ...
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The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has selected EDS to provide outbound calling services and inbound callback support to facilitate the Combat ...


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  • Veterans office to join VA clinic
    [ The state Department of Veterans Affairs will move its Athens field office in with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Athens-area clinic in Madison County this weekend.
    - 05/13/08 at 01:12AM


  • S. Ill. hospital resumes some outpatient surgeries
    Southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital has resumed some outpatient surgeries, more than eight months after its entire surgical unit was shut down because of a reported spike in post-surgical deaths, officials said Monday.
    - 05/13/08 at 01:07AM


  • AP IMPACT: Number of disabled veterans rising
    Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come - even as the total population of America's vets shrinks. Despite the decline in total vets - as soldiers from World War II and Korea die - the government expects to be spending $59 billion a year to compensate inju
    - 05/13/08 at 12:31AM


  • Marion VA resumes some outpatient surgeries
    Limited outpatient surgeries have resumed at a Southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital more than eight months after the entire surgical unit was shut down because of a reported spike in post-surgical deaths, officials said Monday. Officials at the VA medical center in Marion, Ill., announced the move in a one-sentence statement, saying only that low-risk, outpatient surgeries had resumed last
    - 05/12/08 at 11:08PM


  • Veteran disability payments to increase as number of veterans decreases
    The U.S. will spend an estimated $59 billion or more annually in 2033 to compensate disabled veterans, compared with $29 billion annually currently, according to internal Department of Veterans Affairs documents obtained by the Associated Press, the AP/Kansas City Star reports.
    - 05/12/08 at 10:55PM


  • Injured vets' future care to cost billions
    Increasing numbers of U.S. troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation billions for decades to come -- even as the total population of America's vets shrinks. Despite the decline in total vets -- as soldiers from World War II and Korea die -- the government expects to be spending $59 billion a year to compensate i
    - 05/12/08 at 08:48PM


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    9 Responses to “Hillary Voters Threaten to Go McCain” OR Why Obama ...
    Former Secretary of the Army and Veterans Affairs Togo West 18. Former Secretary of the Navy, John Dalton. What Hillary has also done is propose detailed solutions to this country’s foreclosure crises. She has proposed a health care ...
    - Tue, May 13


    Obama looks to November as Clinton looks to Tuesday
    In Charleston, Obama delivered the sort of address that seems positioned for the fall election, as he took on a subject close to heart of presumptive Republican nominee John McCain: veterans affairs. ...
    - Tue, May 13


    AFGE LAUNCHES NATIONWIDE AD CAMPAIGN FOR FULL AND
    WASHINGTON, /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Federation of Government Employees today launched a nationwide radio ad campaign urging Congress to provide full, mandatory funding for the Department of Veterans' Affairs. ...
    - Tue, May 13


    The Truth About Veteran Suicides
    Aaron Glantz / LewRockwell.com: Eighteen American war veterans kill themselves every day. One thousand former soldiers receiving care from the Department of Veterans Affairs attempt suicide every month. More veterans are committing ...
    - Tue, May 13


    S. Ill. hospital resumes some outpatient surgeries
    Southern Illinois Veterans Affairs hospital has resumed some outpatient surgeries, more than eight months after its entire surgical unit was shut down because of a reported spike in post-surgical deaths,...
    - Tue, May 13


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