{"id":86154,"date":"2019-04-10T12:15:39","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T16:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=86154"},"modified":"2019-04-11T21:33:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T01:33:54","slug":"vets-benefits-in-the-news-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=86154","title":{"rendered":"Vets&#8217; Benefits In the News &#8211; Again"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-84379 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vietnam_womens_memorial-e1415725577611-500x333.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"414\" height=\"276\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vietnam_womens_memorial-e1415725577611-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vietnam_womens_memorial-e1415725577611-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/vietnam_womens_memorial-e1415725577611.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>It seems that, according to this article linked below, women are either not signing up for the VA benefits upon discharge, or else they don&#8217;t know that they have them.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Per the article: Pennsylvania Rep.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/caucus.militarytimes.com\/speaker\/chrissy-houlahan\/#.XK3br1VKiUk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Chrissy Houlahan<\/a>\u00a0admits she never even looked into her veterans benefits until she ran for Congress. \u201cI just never thought that I should.\u201d<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Now the former Air Force captain wants to make sure other women veterans don\u2019t wait that long. She\u2019s pushing officials from the Army and Navy implement a successful Air Force program to increase awareness of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/02\/28\/is-va-spending-enough-on-womens-health-programs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">gender-specific health care programs<\/a>\u00a0for service members, linking them with resources during a critical transition time.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/04\/10\/air-force-vets-next-push-in-congress-getting-women-to-sign-up-for-va-benefits\/\">https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2019\/04\/10\/air-force-vets-next-push-in-congress-getting-women-to-sign-up-for-va-benefits\/<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>First of all, when I left the Navy the first time, the PN1 told me to go right to the local VA office and register with the VA for my GI Bill and other benefits. At the time, the bennies weren&#8217;t quite what they are now. Things have changed considerably since then, and the VA does offer a lot more services than it used to, but I do have some difficulty understanding why anyone thinks the way Ms. Houlahan does &#8211; that she shouldn&#8217;t sign up. I have no idea where such silliness originates. And I&#8217;m not aware of any women who think they don&#8217;t have such benefits at the end of their service.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I guess it&#8217;s nice to have a Congress critter promoting this, but I&#8217;m more concerned when I read about vets committing suicide on VA health care facility campuses as a protest against the VA&#8217;s slacker attitude toward them. I thought that problem was being solved. Perhaps not.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; It seems that, according to this article linked below, women are either not signing up &hellip; <a title=\"Vets&#8217; Benefits In the News &#8211; Again\" class=\"hm-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=86154\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Vets&#8217; Benefits In the News &#8211; Again<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":653,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[213,86,122,118],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-your-tax-dollars-at-work","category-veteran-health-care","category-veterans-in-politics","category-veterans-issues"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86154\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}