
What We're Reading: Study Says VA Denied Care; Jockeying Around ACA Case; Moderate Drinking and Alzheimer
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) misunderstood a law for decades affecting healthcare access for veterans with less-than-honorable discharges; days after Super Tuesday and a decision by the Supreme Court to hear a Republican challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Democrats are eager to talk about the issue, but vulnerable Republicans are not; moderate drinking is linked with lower levels of beta amyloid, the protein that forms the brain plaques of Alzheimer disease.
VA Denied Care to Veterans With Spotty Discharges, Study Finds
Thousands of veterans with other-than-honorable discharges were unlawfully denied care for years by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to a study. The Washington Post said “systemic misunderstanding” of the law by the VA created denials of care since 1980, affecting an estimated 400,000 veterans who became at risk of never gaining access to healthcare. According to the
How Parties Are Welcoming, or Not, Questions About High Court Taking ACA Case
Moderate Drinking Linked With Lower Levels of Alzheimer-Related Brain Plaque
As former Vice President Joe Biden sits atop the contenders for the Democratic presidential nomination after Super Tuesday, Democrats are hoping to use the Supreme Court’s decision to hear a Republican challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to fuel a repeat of their 2018 victory in taking control of the House of Representatives,
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