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VA to Pay for all Emergency Mental Health Care

All veterans are able to access emergency mental health care free of charge at any Veterans Affairs medical facility or outside clinic, regardless of whether they are already enrolled...

All WWII Vets Would Get VA Medical Benefits Under Budget Bill

All living World War II veterans would be eligible for Veterans Affairs medical services and nursing home care under language included in the federal budget...

VIDEO: Can you get an abortion at a VA clinic?

The Veterans Administration is the first and largest federal agency to decide whether and how it will provide abortion access following the end of Roe...

Opinion: It’s time for equitable reproductive rights for women veterans

Women veterans are finally getting access to life-saving reproductive health care, but it is already under threat.

Why comparing VA home loans to other options might soon get easier

A new congressional proposal would require federal officials to better explain the costs and advantages of Veterans Affairs home loans in an effort to dispel...

Plan to erase $4B in ITT student loans won’t restore GI Bill benefits

More than 200,000 students who attended classes at ITT Technical Institute will see their student loan debt erased under plans announced by the Department of Education on Tuesday, but...

The military may be required to start tracking suicides by job assignments

Defense Department officials would be required to better track whether certain military jobs lend themselves to higher incidents of mental health distress and suicide attempts...

17 weird things the military might teach you

While many enlist in the U.S. military as a way to put off higher education in favor of having the government pay for it later,...

Nominee for top VA benefits job withdraws, restarting search

Veterans Affairs officials on Tuesday restarted their search for a new executive to lead the department’s benefits operations after the previous nominee withdrew from the...

VA reaching out to veterans, builders in effort to award more adapted housing grants

Federal officials want to fix up more disabled veterans’ homes, but first they need more construction experts and more projects to work on.