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Article: Closing Veterans Health Care Funding Gap Essential, Says Disabled American Veterans
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- U.S. Newswire
- Article date:
- June 5, 2003
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WASHINGTON, June 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Statements made by the co-
chair of a presidential task force on veterans health care have
raised serious concerns about the nation's commitment to caring for
sick and disabled veterans, according to the Disabled American
Veterans (DAV).
A recently released report by the President's Task Force to
Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans noted a
"mismatch" between demand for health care and the resources available
to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to meet that demand. But
that is not the only "mismatch," said DAV Washington Headquarters
Executive Director David W. Gorman.
Gail R. Wilensky, Ph.D., co-chair of the task force, ...