Veteran Health Care at the Cross Roads A long overdue debate on quality health care for America’s veterans is now underway. 4,000 troops have now been killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, with another 30,000 wounded. Many of these wounded GIs have suffered grievous injuries, including loss of limbs and traumatic brain injury. Our country now faces the harsh reality of a very significant number of young soldiers, marines, airmen and sailors – men and women in their 20s – requiring health care for the remainder of their lives. The military and veteran health care systems are being pushed to the limit. No one has firm and definitive answers on how to meet the long term medical needs of these heroes. Veteran long term care has become an important national policy issue. In February 2007, a national debate on military and veteran health care began when the Washington Post began a series of reports on the conditions at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington DC. These reports in turn launched other reports, and then investigations, around the country.  More... Those Who Have Defended Our Freedom Need Us Now.

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