The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) faces criticism for its handling of mental health care for veterans, with concerns raised about the high suicide rates among veterans. Issues such as difficulties in understanding disability claims and appeals letters, reimbursement problems affecting mental health access, and the prevalence of PTSD and other mental health conditions among veterans have been highlighted. Calls for streamlining the process and improving mental health care for veterans have been made.
This veteran served our country and the healthcare system is letting him down. I could try and defend the system but this is truly indefensible. Reimbursement issues have caused mental health access to be awful in this country. Mental Health is Health. https://t.co/NprcMFzj2J
In 2021, there were 6,392 suicides among #veterans, amounting to 16% of all suicides in the U.S. that year. Nearly every year since 2001, there have been ~6,000 #VeteranSuicide. More information here: https://t.co/JpwEEjDWyC https://t.co/nL2ejirzTG https://t.co/1uhvr5BcmZ
🇺🇸 Veteran cries about the government's failure to provide mental health care 15% of U.S. veterans suffer from PTSD, with up to 38% having a diagnosable mental health condition. This isn't good enough! Source: BMJ Military Health https://t.co/AwKN6poWDL
Disability Claims and Appeals Letters from the @DeptVetAffairs are often challenging to understand for veterans without legal backgrounds. We need to streamline this process to make sure that our veterans aren't completely overwhelmed during such a crucial process. https://t.co/HqSWwYH3dR
As the number of suicides among veterans has remained stubbornly high, a ProPublica analysis shows how the VA’s sprawling health care network has repeatedly fallen short when it comes to treating people with mental illness. https://t.co/N0xCy5hiJJ
Veteran's shouldn't have to take the government to court to get the truth about what happened to them. Yet another example of why we need a statutory duty of candour. https://t.co/nSd8nYqO5G