Do veterans receive adequate health care? /
Do veterans receive adequate health care? /
Lauri Harding, book editor
- Detroit : Greenhaven Press, c2008
- 148 p. ; 24 cm.
- At issue. .
- At issue. Health .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-144) and index
America’s military has broken its promise to veterans for lifetime health care / Henry Mark Holzer -- Only Congress has the authority to make promises for lifetime benefits / Paul R. Michel -- The TRICARE system of health care for veterans is unsatisfactory / Military Retiree Grass Roots Group -- The veterans TRICARE system of health care improves earch year / S. Ward Casscells -- Veterans returning from combat are not getting proper medical care / Bobby Muller -- Wounded veterans returning from combat receive excellent medical care / George W. Bush -- The VA is not prepared to meet the long-term care needs of returning vets / Linda Bilmes -- The VA is prepared to meet the long-term care needs of returning vets / Patricia Vanderberg -- The veterans health care system is a poor model for private health care / Richard E. Ralston -- Private health care could learn much from the veterans health care system / Phillip Longman -- Military doctors misdiagnose mental illness to save on costs / Joshua Kors -- Military doctors provide veterans with quality mental health care / Antonette Zeiss -- Veterans’ access to quality health care is often limited / George Ondick -- Veterans should receive compensated private health care / Michael F. Cannon
9780737739169 (hardcover) 0737739169 (hardcover) 9780737739176 (pbk.)
Veterans--Medical care--United States
Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-144) and index
America’s military has broken its promise to veterans for lifetime health care / Henry Mark Holzer -- Only Congress has the authority to make promises for lifetime benefits / Paul R. Michel -- The TRICARE system of health care for veterans is unsatisfactory / Military Retiree Grass Roots Group -- The veterans TRICARE system of health care improves earch year / S. Ward Casscells -- Veterans returning from combat are not getting proper medical care / Bobby Muller -- Wounded veterans returning from combat receive excellent medical care / George W. Bush -- The VA is not prepared to meet the long-term care needs of returning vets / Linda Bilmes -- The VA is prepared to meet the long-term care needs of returning vets / Patricia Vanderberg -- The veterans health care system is a poor model for private health care / Richard E. Ralston -- Private health care could learn much from the veterans health care system / Phillip Longman -- Military doctors misdiagnose mental illness to save on costs / Joshua Kors -- Military doctors provide veterans with quality mental health care / Antonette Zeiss -- Veterans’ access to quality health care is often limited / George Ondick -- Veterans should receive compensated private health care / Michael F. Cannon
9780737739169 (hardcover) 0737739169 (hardcover) 9780737739176 (pbk.)
Veterans--Medical care--United States