No, we won't ask as to why the Bushies, who sent Americans to two wars, and got ripped for the state of disrepair they left the VA in, but a least Obama has stepped up............
While many veterans may not be happy with how things have gone regarding mental health care under the Obama administration, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has made it clear that veterans are just another group whose services will be put in the budget-axing hopper. The House Budget Committee, which Ryan chairs, seeks to cut $6 billion a year from the VA budget by eliminating from the rolls 1.3 veterans whose health care is now covered.
VA Care End Eyed for 1.3 Million Vets
Executive Order -- Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members, and Military Families
Before heading out for a speech at Fort Bliss, Texas, today, President Obama signed an executive order directing the Department of Veteran Affairs to expand its suicide prevention mental health services. In addition to adding new staff for this purpose, the department will bolster its own efforts by seeking partners among local mental health professionals.
Veterans with mental health issues—including post-traumatic stress syndrome and the effects of traumatic brain injuries that have been so common in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars—complain that getting appointments with Veterans Administration mental health staff can take months. Rather unhelpful when suicide is a possibility:
Executive Order -- Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members, and Military Families | The White House
While many veterans may not be happy with how things have gone regarding mental health care under the Obama administration, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan has made it clear that veterans are just another group whose services will be put in the budget-axing hopper. The House Budget Committee, which Ryan chairs, seeks to cut $6 billion a year from the VA budget by eliminating from the rolls 1.3 veterans whose health care is now covered.
VA Care End Eyed for 1.3 Million Vets
Executive Order -- Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members, and Military Families
Before heading out for a speech at Fort Bliss, Texas, today, President Obama signed an executive order directing the Department of Veteran Affairs to expand its suicide prevention mental health services. In addition to adding new staff for this purpose, the department will bolster its own efforts by seeking partners among local mental health professionals.
Veterans with mental health issues—including post-traumatic stress syndrome and the effects of traumatic brain injuries that have been so common in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars—complain that getting appointments with Veterans Administration mental health staff can take months. Rather unhelpful when suicide is a possibility:
Executive Order -- Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Veterans, Service Members, and Military Families | The White House