VHPI works to expand access to the high quality VA care and benefits that serve not only veterans but all Americans.
VHPI is the only organization committed to opposing VA privatization and strengthening the critical role the VA plays in American healthcare
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RECENT WORK

A Dire Privatization Warning

A Dire Privatization Warning

In 2017, as Washington deliberated over the future of veterans’ healthcare, the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute (VHPI), along with the Associations of VA Psychologist Leaders and VA Social Workers, as well as the Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs, issued an urgent warning about misguided legislation gaining momentum in Congress, which would make permanent the misguided […]

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WHO WE ARE

Founded by veterans, healthcare providers, and journalists in 2016, the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute is a non-profit, non-partisan think tank that provides clear, fact-based analysis to improve veterans’ healthcare and benefits. We help the public, policy makers, and the media understand that the VA is the only healthcare system in America that has the expertise needed to provide high quality care for our veterans. Plus, the VA serves all Americans through its clinical, research, and teaching missions.  More than this, the VA pressure tests solutions to many of the nation’s most pressing social problems, from reducing homelessness, to improving health equity.

WHAT WE DO BEST

Highlight VA Successes

When it comes to providing quality healthcare for our nation’s veterans, the VA shines bright.

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Advocate for Improvements

Our team of experts provide concrete advice about how to improve and strengthen VA healthcare and benefits.

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Fighting VA Privatization

When the VA faces unfair and inaccurate criticism, VHPI responds with facts.

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Document the Failures of Private Sector Healthcare

When those who want to privatize veterans healthcare makes exaggerated claims and unrealistic promises, VHPI pushes back.

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HOW WE DO IT

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

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Looking for more information about a particular issue in veterans’ healthcare? Use the links above to read VHPI’s work on these subjects.

Spotlight on VA Care

When Samuel Keyser’s insurance ran out, he had to leave a private rehabilitation hospital. He shares the story of the lifesaving care he received at the VA Rehabilitation Hospital in West Roxbury, MA.