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It’s about nine months since those secret waiting lists were exposed at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The VA admits as many as 40 veterans died waiting for care. Since then, Congress passed a

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs doctors need more flexibility to work with their private sector counterparts, U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, R-Lehigh Valley, said Thursday on a visit to an Allentown outpatient clinic. Dent, recently named

The Dependents’ Educational Assistance program offers education and training opportunities to eligible dependents of veterans who are permanently and totally disabled due to a service-related condition or of veterans who died while on active duty

OKLAHOMA CITY Gov. Mary Fallin wants to change leadership at the state veterans agency so more former servicemen are served. In a letter to the governing commission of the Veterans Affairs Department, Fallin said Oklahoma

MEMPHIS, TN (WMC) –The VA Office of the Inspector General released its review of the Memphis VA Medical Center Tuesday afternoon. Inspectors evaluated the hospital in early November 2014. According to the Department of Veteran

LOMA LINDA >> Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald conducted a whirlwind visit to the Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Medical Center on Tuesday, bringing his customer focus message with him. What we are trying to do

About 5,500 veterans live on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, and roughly 1,300 are receiving health care through the Hampton VA Medical Center. Keeping an appointment with a primary care doctor means driving from Accomack or Northampton

One quality that makes Chuck Maulden a caring emergency department nurse is his ability to put himself in someone elses shoes. Recently, hes been lauded for putting someone else in his. Maulden, 33, had been

A union representing government employees on Tuesday condemned a bill meant to reform how bonuses are awarded at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The bill, which was recently introduced by Rep. Jeff Miller, would allow

The Veterans Affairs Department is reorganizing its labyrinthine structure into a single, five-region national framework as part of a large-scale effort to improve services to veterans and reduce an entrenched bureaucracy responsible for mismanagement throughout

Officials for the Department of Veterans Affairs released a map of the United States divided into five regions on Monday, touting it as a positive first step to eliminate bureaucracy, though its still unclear how

In a sign that some lawmakers may be losing patience with the man brought in to clean up the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Secretary Bob McDonald came under unusually personal criticism Tuesday during a