Veterans Interest Newsletter Issue 58

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Kupersmith, Joel, M.D.

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Topics include an excerpt from the book Supporting Veterans After 50 Years of the All-Volunteer Force and 20 Years of War: Ideas Moving Forward by Gen. George W. Casey and Joel Kupersmith, M.D. that deal with the evolution of veterans' benefits in the U.S., the 2022 Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Suicide Prevention Annual Report, the VA's policy to provide abortion services in cases of rape and incest as well as in cases where the health of the pregnant veteran is at risk, the various problems plaguing the new VA Electronic Health Record system from the company Cerner, the signing of the PACT Act to aid veterans exposed to burn pits during service, and the death of Herschel "Woody" Williams, the last Medal of Honor winner from World War II, in June. Also includes statistics from the VA outlining the total VA expenditures compared to the U.S veteran population from 2009-2018.