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…
The relentless outsourcing of care from the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to private sector providers – and the resulting drain on the VHA budget – has reached a tipping point,…
By Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early in The American Prospect The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has been suffering from continuing staffing shortages at the nation’s largest public health care system, which has hampered the ability to directly care for veterans.
AFGE VHPI Survey Statement
Fifty percent of survey respondents report that beds, units, and programs at veteran hospitals have been closed due to staffing and budget shortages
By: Russell Lemle and Suzanne Gordon, Senior Policy Analysts, for The Hill • Russell Lemle and Suzanne Gordon, two of VHPI's Senior Policy Analysts, wrote an op-ed in The Hill analyzing how President Biden's infrastructure plans could bolster the VA in key ways.
Over the past decade, a heated argument has raged in Congress and the media over the best way to provide healthcare to the nation’s veterans.
Over the past three years, the Trump Administration and Congress have made military and veteran mental health issues as well as the epidemic of military and veteran suicide a top priority.
When we commissioned the report, The VA’s Vacancy Crisis last year, no one predicted that a pandemic would sweep across the globe.
A Budget for America’s Veterans January 21, 2019The plan, authored by DAV, PVA, and VFW, offers a realistic way forward for veterans’ health care.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEWashington, D.C. | January 21,…