We provide clear, fact-based analysis to improve veterans’ healthcare and benefits
WHAT’S NEW WITH VHPI
The VA Privatization playbook: Two Decades of Denial
For nearly two decades, proponents of VA privatization have denied that they are dismantling veterans’ healthcare—while steadily shifting care and public dollars to the private sector. VHPI’s new report, The VA Privatization Playbook: Two Decades of Denial, by Russell Lemle and Suzanne Gordon, traces the political campaigns, corporate interests, and legislative decisions driving that transformation.
It documents the consequences for veterans and the threats to VA’s medical research, healthcare training, and emergency preparedness—missions that serve every American. Essential reading for anyone concerned about the future of veterans’ care, this report lays out what is at stake and what Congress must do to protect it.
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.
