Caring for U.S. Veterans: A Plan for 2020

Military veterans have served in myriad ways, often putting their lives on the line for their country. Yet every day, these veterans—and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), which was created to care for military veterans—seem under siege, facing one calamity or challenge after another. From suspicious deaths at veteran’s health care facilities to extreme wait times for care to high rates of suicide—often at VA campuses and cemeteries—the nation’s veterans are not getting the full support they need and deserve.1 At the same time, the debate continues as to how much, if any, of veterans’ health care should be contracted out or privatized. The Veterans Choice Act of 20142 and the VA Mission Act of 2018,3 for example, have made it easier for eligible veterans to seek health care options outside of the VA system.

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