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Earlier this week President Obama announced a “reverse bootcamp” for veterans returning from war in an attempt to overhaul the transition assistance program (TAP), which provides service members with information about benefits as well as career workshops.
Obama has been ambitious about trying to help veterans as he acknowledged Vietnam vets’ rights to claim compensation for more illnesses linked to Agent Orange (but not the water at Camp Lejeune or the chemicals at Fort McClellan), expanded education benefits for GIs and made it easier to file claims for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
But a new report from Phil Stewart of Reuters lays out that despite (and perhaps because of) these efforts the Obama administration is struggling to provide a safety net for veterans, and the numbers are pretty daunting:
http://covvha.net/
2012-08-01 11:04:58
Source: http://covvha.net/veterans-health-why-the-us-government-is-failing-at-helping-veterans/