Nearly 1.7 Million U.S. Vets Lack Health Care -Study
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Nearly 1.7 million U.S. veterans had no health care coverage in 2003 -- no access to private insurance, to Medicare or Medicaid or to the Veterans Affairs health program, health care advocates said on Tuesday.
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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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Nearly 1.7 million US veterans had no health care coverage in 2003 -- no access to private insurance, to Medicare or Medicaid or to the
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About half of all US patients receive inadequate health care, the private National Committee for Quality Assurance said in its annual report released Wednesday.
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Veterans with diabetes get better care under the Department of Veterans Affairs system than some patients using managed care, U.S. researchers reported on Monday and suggested nationalized health care can work well.
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Thousands of U.S. troops with physical injuries and mental health problems are encountering a benefits system that is already overburdened.
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A new study reveals that one-third of returning veterans have a diagnosed mental illness, and young soldiers are particularly vulnerable
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Sept. 23, 2004 -- Between 42,000 and 79,000 avoidable deaths occur each year because many Americans aren&#39;t getting the best medical care available, according to the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA).
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Nearly 1.7 million American military veterans lacked health insurance in 2003, a Harvard Medical School study indicates. That number represents 11.
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There is no such thing as Gulf War syndrome, even though U.S. and foreign veterans of the war report more symptoms of illness than do soldiers who didn't serve there, a federally funded study concludes.
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Most Americans do not feel that  children or the elderly are getting adequate health care and a  clear majority feel it is the government's job to pay for it,  according to a survey released on Tuesday.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs used prewar data to estimate the cost of caring for veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan, a mistake that contributed to a $3 billion budget shortfall since 2005, government investigators say.
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War in Iraq has caused a public health  disaster that has left the country's medical system in tatters  and increased the risk of disease and death, according to a  report released Tuesday.
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WASHINGTON A doctors&#39; group says nearly one-point-seven (m) million veterans either don&#39;t have health insurance or can&#39;t get into veterans clinics or hospitals.
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Nearly 1.7 million military veterans have no health insurance or access to government hospitals and clinics for veterans, according to a doctors' group that favors federally financed health care.
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Several readers have asked us to check this surprising statistic, often used by Edwards. The language may be overly dramatic, but the figure is an official one, from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The department believes that one-third of the adult homeless population of the United States "have...
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The United States spends far more on   health care than any other country but gets only mediocre care   in return for its investment, according to a report released on   Wednesday.