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WASHINGTON A national veterans task force is advocating radical changes in the medical system for America’s former military personnel, including a choice to receive subsidized private care and conversion of the Veterans Health Administration into

After news about long wait times broke last year and Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned, many were left with questions about veterans health care. Representatives from the VA Nebraska-Western Iowa Health Care System attempted

1:22 p.m., Feb. 26, 2015–U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald will visit the University of Delaware on Monday afternoon, March 2, and speak to College of Health Sciences students and faculty as part of a

Wyatt Andrews revealed the details of a new scandal at the Department of Veterans Affairs on Wednesday’s CBS This Morning. Andrews zeroed in on how the veterans’ benefits office in Oakland, California simply ignored “more

The Veterans Benefits Administration provides $95 billion of entitlements each year to veterans, including disability money, pensions to vets and their surviving spouses and death benefits — even American flags at veterans’ funerals. But a

WASHINGTON Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald said Thursday he was committed to a law making it easier for veterans to get private health care, but he offered few answers for lawmakers irritated at the slow

MAXWELTON, W.Va. (AP) A veterans outpatient clinic in southern West Virginia that’s been closed since last fall is set to reopen Friday. Media outlets report that Department of Veterans Affairs officials announced the clinic’s reopening

The Chester County Housing Authority has launched a new campaign for finding at least 100 veterans suitable homes in the next 100 days. The Authority announced this week that it would partner with a diverse

LEBANON The public is invited to attend and participate in the next quarterly meeting of the Advisory Committee to the Oregon Department of Veterans’ Affairs being from 9:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, March 4, at

WASHINGTON (AP) — Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald drew expressions of disappointment but no demand for his resignation Tuesday, one day after he apologized for erroneously claiming he served in the military’s special forces. “A

WASHINGTON The Florida lawmakers who lead the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee weighed in Tuesday on the nations top veterans official for his statement inflating his military service. The Republican who chairs the committee, Jeff

He called his supporters. He called his nemeses. Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald took to his phone Tuesday, personally apologizing for falsely telling a homeless veteran that he served in the special forces. The issue