06-20-2008, 09:49 AM
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Location: Louisville, Kentucky
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We Support Our Vets! But Women Vets Less?
Sometimes I hear of medical treatment being inadequate for vets at VA facilities, but a study indicate that its even worse for women. Where's all that money go that's earmarked for the military?
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Women Vets Get Worse Care, Review Finds
WASHINGTON, June 13, 2008
(AP) Women veterans aren't receiving the same quality of outpatient care as men at many Department of Veterans Affairs' facilities, according to an agency review obtained exclusively by The Associated Press.
The review appears to validate the complaints of advocates and some members of Congress who have said the health care system needs to focus more on women's health.
Women make up about 5 percent of the VA's population, but that number is expected to nearly double in the next two years as more women return home from Iraq and Afghanistan and seek care.
The review of the quality of care at VA facilities, which was mandated by Congress, found that at about one-third of its facilities, the quality of outpatient care given to women wasn't as good as what was offered to men.
It said that the VA has made strides in improving care for women veterans, such as creating onsite mammography services and establishing women's clinics at most of its medical centers. It also said the VA is attempting to recruit clinicians with training in women's care and broadening its approach to better address diseases prevalent among women such as lung cancer.
However, it said that there were barriers that remained...more
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4178508.shtml
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