VA Struggles To Provide Vets With Mental Health Care
By NPR – Hosted by: RENEE MONTAGNE
April 25, 2012
VA Struggles To Provide Vets With Mental Health Care

Let's turn now to veterans looking for help. Many of those coming back from war are seeking mental health treatment from the Department of Veterans Affairs. And according to a new government report, they are waiting a lot longer for that treatment than the VA claims. The news comes as the VA struggles to deal with a big increase in the number of vets who need help. 

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War Is Brain-Damaging
By New York Times – By: Kate Wenner
March 17, 2012
War Is Brain-Damaging

FIVE years ago I saw a television report about Iraq war veterans in California who were being treated for a new kind of brain injury. I was stunned to watch a female soldier who could no longer recognize her daughter. So I tracked down the therapist treating her and began a nine-month journey in which I interviewed dozens of vets with traumatic brain injuries and their families, eventually turning their heart-wrenching stories into a play.

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Debt Collector Is Faulted for Tough Tactics in Hospitals
By New York Times – JESSICA SILVER-GREENBERG
April 24, 2012
Debt Collector Is Faulted for Tough Tactics in Hospitals

Hospital patients waiting in an emergency room or convalescing after surgery are being confronted by an unexpected visitor: a debt collector at bedside.

This and other aggressive tactics by one of the nation’s largest collectors of medical debts, Accretive Health, were revealed on Tuesday by the Minnesota attorney general, raising concerns that such practices have become common at hospitals across the country.

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2011 Disability Rights of the Virgin Islands Annual Report
February 1, 2012
2011 Disability Rights of the Virgin Islands Annual Report

Download the 2011 Annual Report for the Disability Rights Center of the Virgin Islands.

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VI Alert is a local warning system that allows residents to receive ongoing alerts on weather, earthquakes, public health issues, beach closures and other important information. Virgin Islands residents may register their home, fax, mobile phone number or e-mail address to receive the information at: www.vialert.gov.

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Nearly 65? Time for the Medicare Maze
By New York Times – By By Walecia Konrad
October 14, 2011
Nearly 65? Time for the Medicare Maze

NOW that you’re about to retire, there’s good news and bad news about your health insurance. The good news: When you turn 65, you’re eligible for Medicare — all in all, a pretty affordable way to get coverage for doctor bills, hospitalizations and, more recently, prescription drugs. The bad news: You’ve got a big job ahead of you, sorting through the Medicare bureaucracy.

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