1.7 million veterans lack coverage
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Nearly 1.7 million veterans have no health insurance or access to government hospitals and clinics, according to a report released Tuesday.
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More and more people lack health insurance. Don't be one of them.
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The 2005 federal budget falls far short of meeting the health-care needs of this country&#39;s military veterans. Congress needs to look at budget priorities and find more money to help these deserving men and women.
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Americans gave millions of dollars in the past year to veterans charities designed to help troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, but several of the groups spent relatively little money on the wounded, according to a leading watchdog organization and federal tax filings.
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President Bush on Friday named seven more members to the commission investigating the treatment of wounded veterans. Bush has ordered a comprehensive review of conditions at military and veterans hospitals, which have been overwhelmed by injured troops from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture distributed $1.1 billion over seven years to the estates or companies of deceased farmers and routinely failed to conduct reviews required to ensure that the payments were properly made, according to a government report.
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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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Many Iraq war soldiers, veterans and their families are not getting needed psychological help because a stressed military's mental health system is overwhelmed and understaffed, a task force of psychologists found.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has disclosed that information on more than half a million individuals and about 1.3 million non-VA physicians, both living and dead, is missing or might have been stolen. The information was stored on a portable hard drive that was being used by a VA employee at the department's facility in Birmingham, Ala.
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A new study reveals that 1/3rd of returning veterans have a diagnosed mental illness, and young soldiers are paticularly vulnerable
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Â· Iraq and Afghanistan casualties to get HIV tests  Â· Poor record keeping at US field hospitals blamed
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Nearly a third of veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan who received care from Veterans Affairs between 2001 and 2005 were diagnosed with mental health or psychosocial ills, a new study concludes. Of nearly 104,000 veterans studied, more than half (56 percent) were diagnosed with two or more disorders.
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More people went without health insurance in the United States last year, with 45 million, or 15.6 percent of the population, lacking
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Millions of Americans considered at high risk for getting the flu - but put off by shortages, long lines or simply unaware they were eligible - failed to get a flu shot by the end of November, a new government survey indicates.
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People who must pay for insurance may now be a majority of the stateâs uninsured, and not all are rushing to get coverage.
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The government used prewar data to estimate the cost of caring for veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, contributing to a $3 billion budget shortfall at the Veterans Affairs Department since 2005, congressional investigators say.
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Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday the country is not providing enough mental health services for active duty troops and veterans. He proposed spending hundreds of million dollars more each year for better care.