Article: Sen. McConnell Introduces Veterans Health Care Improvement Act

Article: Scholarships aid health care workers: ...
Charleston Daily Mail;  March 4, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... through the Department of Veterans Affairs. The 3-year-old Employee ... of pursuing a degree for health care workers at veterans' medical ... hours and pay of private health care. "Nursing is in an extreme ... been with the veterans' health care system for more than a ...

Article: Bringing it all together: a look inside the VA and at those who ...
24x7;  November 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... Administration facilities, which is run by the US Department of Veterans Affairs. Concluding his second inaugural address, Lincoln stated ... nation in the world. The VA runs the largest integrated health care system in the United States. Its roughly 14,800 physicians ...

Article: REP. HOLT INCLUDES FORT MONMOUTH HEALTH CARE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 1, 2008 ;     562 words ... ... 2009 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill, legislation ... the Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to develop a plan to care for ... Central New Jersey who would need health care services if Fort Monmouth ...

Article: Major Cost Savings Cited For VA Health ...
The Food Institute Report;  December 18, 2000 ;     700+ words ...The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could save an estimated $79 million annually--about ... types of initiatives it has used in some of its VA inpatient health care locations: consolidating food production, employing Veterans ...

Article: Continuing resolution: bitter pill for VA health ...
DAV Magazine;  November 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... which fails to adequately fund veterans health care. The measure funds veterans programs ... whichever is less. That meant VA health care and other discretionary spending was ... See page H.) "In effect, VA health care funding is being reduced by the inaction ...

Article: Vets give high marks for VA health care.(veterans ...
DAV Magazine;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... most Americans with the health care they receive. "It comes ... that veterans rate their health care higher than other Americans rate their private-sector health care," said Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi ...

Article: OBAMA: HEALTH CARE REFORM WON'T IMPACT ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 7, 2009 ;     621 words ... ... ongoing discussions about health-care reform, President Barack ... or the Department of Veterans Affairs: Your benefits are safe. Eligibility for health care under VA or Tricare ... our efforts at broader health-care reform," Obama told ...