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Military Times
The Obama administration's $4.1 trillion budget request for 2017 outlines spending plans for all military and veterans programs. Unveiled recently, it encompasses the president's proposed pay raise for service members, and new plans for the military retirement and health care systems. It lays out force-size reductions for the active-duty force, major acquisition and development efforts, plus planned deployments to Afghanistan, Iraq and in response to Russian aggression in Eastern Europe.
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Veterans Association of America
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Military Times
Some veterans are seeing their credit ruined by using the Veterans Choice health program because the Veterans Affairs Department is not reimbursing participating physicians promptly, forcing them to bill their veteran patients who often can't pay. Veterans advocates and House lawmakers said that veterans using the community care program face long delays in treatment and bad credit because physicians are waiting up to six months for reimbursements from VA.
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The Daily Caller
Congress is exploring a dramatic transformation of Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals that would merge them with Department of Defense facilities and treat active-duty soldiers and veterans side by side.
Many veterans and lawmakers believe the VA health care system is in dire need of complete overhaul, and the idea of privatizing it has been increasingly popular. But lawmakers have also quietly been pondering a fix that would take it in the opposite direction — militarization.
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Military Times
Hundreds of thousands of service members face a critical decision during the next year that could have a huge impact on their future financial security: Whether to opt into the new military retirement system or stick with the traditional one.
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KRIS-TV
It's an issue that is big in today's society, but has few answers. Recent studies from the Department of Defense show more than 250 service personnel took their lives in 2015. Specialists say the fight to help our service men starts at home. When approaching veterans, there can be a disconnect between them and civilians who don't understand what they've gone through during their time in service.
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Military Times
Military dependent children using transferred Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits would see their housing stipends cut in half under legislation being considered by the House of Representatives. That stipend is one of the most valuable parts of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, calculated in most cases based on the Basic Allowance for Housing, or BAH, that active-duty service members would receive if stationed where the school is located.
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Medical News Today
For the first time, a trial in a small group of patients shows that a new type of treatment for epilepsy and depression that uses an external, wearable electrical brain stimulator could significantly reduce severity of chronic post-traumatic stress disorder. The treatment — called external trigeminal nerve stimulation (eTNS) — uses a 9-volt battery to power a patch that is stuck on the forehead.
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Small Business Trends
There are certain kinds of people who excel in the business world, and veterans are one of them. Thanks to their military training, veterans excel in intangible assets, making them valuable to any organization. With a variety of experiences, prior training and leadership skills, they may be the best hire you can make.
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Military Times
The strong veteran employment numbers charted throughout 2015 continued in the first month of the new year, government data indicate.
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