Can Veterans in Nevada Rely on Private Medical Care? • Nevada Current

Guest view: Unintended consequences of proposed VA policy changes on veterans' benefit executive summery

As a retired Navy captain and former commanding officer of four U.S. Navy ships — including the USS Leyte Gulf (CG-55) — with decades of experience in strategic military planning, intelligence operations and interagency coordination, I am compelled to raise…

Can veterans in Nevada rely on private medical care? • Nevada Current

(Photo: Getty Images)The new leadership of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) in Washington has taken a lot of heat lately from VA patients, their care-givers, and members of Congress opposed to cuts in jobs and services for veterans. VA Secretary Doug Collins, the Air Force Reserve colonel now running a public health care system serving nine million former service members, has tried to allay their concerns. According to Collins, even if mo…