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PVA Participates in VA Health Care Innovation Competition

Posted by PVA Admin on Thursday April 27, 2017

“Shark Tank” evaluators to identify new opportunities and best practices Paralyzed Veterans of America (Paralyzed Veterans) is taking a new approach to collaboration by participating in a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) competition intended to identify and share health care innovations and best practices across VA.  Inspired by ABC television’s Shark Tank, Acting Under Secretary […]

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Our Government Must Keep its Promise to Veterans’ Caregivers

Posted by PVA Admin on Wednesday April 26, 2017

When President Obama signed into law the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act of 2010, it fundamentally changed the way America honored caregivers. It specifically benefitted those facing the burden of helping severely wounded veterans who served on or after September 11, 2001. Those caregivers who had given up their careers, neglected their own […]

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Op-Ed: We owe veterans more help if they get arrested

Posted by PVA Admin on Friday April 21, 2017

Our state is home to more than half a million veterans. They’ve stormed beaches at Normandy and Iwo Jima, patrolled the jungles of Vietnam, and fought repression and terror in the Middle East.

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The Continuing Evolution of Veterans Choice Care

Posted by PVA Admin on Friday April 21, 2017

General George Washington once said, ‘A nation is judged by how well it treats its veterans.’ Not whether we thank them for their service or we honor them on Memorial or Veterans Day, but how we treat them. Society has generally accepted that the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) bears the responsibility to treat, heal, […]

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In Response to The NYT Editorial, "Fear of Flying, for Good Reason"

Posted by PVA Admin on Wednesday April 19, 2017

In a recent New York Times editorial titled, “Fear of Flying, for Good Reason,” editors stated that the airline industry “has become increasingly callous toward customers” as they relayed a litany of industry offenses against members of the flying public. The forced removal of a passenger aboard a recent United flight catalyzed the frustration of […]

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What is the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities?

Posted by PVA Admin on Wednesday April 5, 2017

The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) is an international disability treaty that was inspired by U.S. leadership in recognizing the rights of people with disabilities. The CRPD is a vital framework for creating legislation and policies around the world that embrace the rights and dignity of all people with disabilities. The […]

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