The Battle for Veterans' Healthcare
Dispatches From the Front Lines of Policy Making and Patient Care
Cornell University Press · Print & ebook · April 4, 2017
In 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.
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- Who it’s for
- Dispatches connect Veterans Health Administration care with policymaking and debates shaping its future.
- Themes
- Veterans' healthcare, Federal healthcare policy, Veterans' advocacy
- Genres
- Health Care Policy, Military Policy & Defense, Health Policy
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In 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.
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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.
VHA Policy Dispatches
Dispatches connect Veterans Health Administration care with policymaking and debates shaping its future.
Come here for
- Interviews with veterans and their families
- Dispatches on federal policymaking and healthcare delivery
Expect
- Coverage of VHA care and its difficult service mission
- A call to action around veterans’ healthcare
Where it sits
| Health Care Policy | 67% |
|---|---|
| Health Policy | 28% |
| Military Policy & Defense | 20% |
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Publisher categories
- Veterans' Stories
- Health Policy
- Social Services & Welfare
- Military Policy & Defense
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- Health Care Policy
- Authors
- Suzanne Gordon
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Published
- April 4, 2017
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Veterans' healthcare · Federal healthcare policy · Veterans' advocacy
- Reading lane
- Veterans' Stories