03010nam 2200517 450 991079293750332120230809224357.01-5017-1457-010.7591/9781501714573(CKB)3710000001388293(MiAaPQ)EBC4866505(DLC) 2017009600(OCoLC)974035783(MdBmJHUP)muse67364(DE-B1597)496444(DE-B1597)9781501714573(Au-PeEL)EBL4866505(CaPaEBR)ebr11390687(CaONFJC)MIL1013216(EXLCZ)99371000000138829320170622h20172017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierThe battle for veterans' healthcare dispatches from the frontlines of policy making and patient care /Suzanne GordonIthaca, New Yok ;London, [England] :Cornell University Press,2017.©20171 online resource (125 pages)1-5017-1456-2 1-5017-1455-4 Includes bibliographical references.Frontmatter -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- FOREWORD / Kizer, Kenneth W. -- PREFACE -- SECTION ONE. THE VA AND ITS CRITICS -- SECTION TWO. CONGRESS AND THE COMMISSION -- SECTION THREE. THE UNKNOWN STORY -- EPILOGUE. TRUMP AND THE VHA -- APPENDIX A -- NOTES -- ABOUT THE AUTHORIn The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare, award-winning author Suzanne Gordon takes us to the front lines of federal policymaking and healthcare delivery, as it affects eight million Americans whose military service makes them eligible for Veterans Health Administration (VHA) coverage.Gordon's collected dispatches provide insight and information too often missing from mainstream media reporting on the VHA and from Capitol Hill debates about its future. Drawing on interviews with veterans and their families, VHA staff and administrators, health care policy experts and Congressional decision makers, Gordon describes a federal agency under siege that nevertheless accomplishes its difficult mission of serving men and women injured, in myriad ways, while on active duty.The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare is an essential primer on VHA care and a call to action by veterans, their advocacy organizations, and political allies. Without lobbying efforts and broader public understanding of what's at stake, a system now functioning far better than most private hospital systems may end up looking more like them, to the detriment of patients and providers alike.VeteransMedical careUnited StatesVeteransMedical care362.1086/970973Gordon Suzanne1945-1030710MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792937503321The battle for veterans' healthcare3689141UNINA