Report: Nearly one-point-seven vets without health care
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WASHINGTON A doctors&#39; group says nearly one-point-seven (m) million veterans either don&#39;t have health insurance or can&#39;t get into veterans clinics or hospitals.
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More and more people lack health insurance. Don't be one of them.
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he faults in the American health care system become more glaring with each passing year. Large numbers of Americans have no health insurance at all, and those who do have insurance are faced with soaring premiums
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An independent inquiry has concluded thousands of Gulf War veterans were made ill by their service.
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Top officials at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, including the Army's surgeon general, have heard complaints about outpatient neglect from family members, veterans groups and members of Congress for more than three years.
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All former U.S. prisoners of war who suffer from heart disease or stroke will receive government health care benefits without having to prove the ailments were linked to their captivity, Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi said Saturday night.
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More than 25 percent of the homeless population in the United States are war veterans, although they represent only 11 percent of the civilian adult population, according to a report to be released Thursday.
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Problems with treatment of wounded soldiers that created a scandal at the top U.S. military veterans' hospital are prevalent throughout the Army's health care system, lawmakers said on Monday.
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SIERRA VISTA - Their tales about access to medical care sound a lot like war stories. In a smoky Veterans of Foreign Wars bar in this military town, many Arizona veterans talk bitterly of waiting lists for
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Nearly 1.7 million military veterans have no health insurance or access to government hospitals and clinics for veterans, according to a doctors' group that favors federally financed health care.
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More than one-third of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans seeking medical treatment from the Veterans Health Administration report symptoms of stress or other mental disorders &#151; a tenfold increase in the last 18 months, according to an agency study.
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The poverty rate fell in 2006, but the percentage of Americans without health insurance hit a new high, the Census Bureau said.
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Just under 44 million Americans had no health insurance in 2006, according to a survey by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Monday.
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The risk of suicide among male U.S. veterans is double that of the general population, according to study published Monday. For 12 years, more than 104,000 veterans who had served in the armed forces at some time between 1917 and 1994 were compared with more than 216,000 non-veterans. At biggest risk were veterans who were white, those who had gone to college and those with activity limitations, according to the study
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NEW YORK  - High rates of mental health disorders are being diagnosed among US military personnel soon after being released from duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to investigators in San Francisco.
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The seven men are physicians, while the lone woman is a laboratory technician. Until last year, it was possible for doctors to move to the U.K. and practice without a work permit.
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Nearly 1.7 million US veterans had no health care coverage in 2003 -- no access to private insurance, to Medicare or Medicaid or to the