posted by admin on Oct 31
A research study of Harvard Medical School shows that 1.8 million U.S. Military Veterans are uninsured or do not have health care coverage. The figure defines an increase of 290,000 since 2000. Researchers also said that most of veterans are coming from the middle class. Hence, they cannot qualify for any VA care because of their incomes. Some of them can’t even afford copayments. Also, some places lack VA centers.
One of every eight veterans who are under 65 years old is not insured. This opposes the idea that all veterans are qualified for free health care. The said research is based on the analysis of government surveys in 1988-2005. The study has also noted that VA in January 2003 put a stop on the enrollment of most veterans. The action was to decrease the backlog of patients waiting for health care. In turn, this has caused problems to millions of veterans. Thus, the recommendation of the researchers is to come up with a universal health coverage in the United States.