VA extends ‘legacy’ caregiver benefits through 2028
The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to extend benefits through 2028 to veteran caregivers who faced removal from…
Largest study of African American brain tissue reveals key Alzheimer gene activity
The prevalence of Alzheimer disease (AD) is approximately two times higher in African Americans (AA) compared to White/European-ancestry…
Federal agencies threaten, discipline employees for criticizing or mocking Charlie Kirk
Federal employees are facing warnings from agency leaders to refrain from criticizing or mocking Charlie Kirk, the conservative…
VA mental health providers say they are under pressure to limit care
Editor’s note: This article first appeared on The War Horse, an award-winning nonprofit news organization educating the public…
The Prospect Weekly Roundup: A Broken Health Care System
Nearly 9 out of 10 counties in the United States have been formally designated primary care Health Professional…
The Illusion of Choice – The American Prospect
This article appears in the August 2025 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Subscribe here. At his confirmation hearing in…
Here’s how VA envisioned cutting 83,000 employees before scrapping its plans
The Department of Veterans Affairs is walking away from plans to cut 83,000 employees through “department-wide” layoffs. Documents…
Privatizing Veterans’ Health Care Will Be a Disaster
Long before becoming secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Doug Collins’s intention to steer veterans and…
Why Change VA Hospital Medical Staff Bylaws?
Assuring that the nation’s military veterans have ready access to quality health care is one of the federal…