VA telehealth program shows growth amid VA claims shift
The VA says its national telehealth effort served over 690 000 veterans in fiscal year 2014 accounting for more than two million visits. Rural veterans made up about 55 percent of users as McDonald frames telehealth as a scalable care option beyond brick and mortar facilities. The piece notes new 2015 claim forms add a potential delay layer and urges advocates to stay updated on the Fully Developed Claim program.
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Paris ablaze question echoes through history and politics
The piece recalls Thomas French ordering Paris to burn if invaded, a challenge refused as Paris is liberated. It pivots to a 2015 refrain Is Paris burning and warns of radical Islam as a global torch. It notes Cal Thomas book What Works available in bookstores and provides contact via tribunes editorial email.
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Shields Reflects on War Duty and Class in Congress
The article notes Sgt Brooks Johnson, son of Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota, as the lone active duty enlisted serviceman with a legislator as a parent. It argues wealth gaps widen under Reagan era policies and that defending the nation should be a common responsibility of all Americans.
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