The health of working-class and middle-class, and even upper-class Americans also rises and falls with our socioeconomic status.

Why is it conceivable that in America--and in West Virginia among other places--women are actually living shorter lives than used to be the case?

Many of them do an extraordinary job, and they are all different.

But as I looked at that map, sorry to interrupt you, if I look at that map, there is a lot of red in the southeastern part of the country.

Which is going to lead to a whole host of health problems, obviously.

HRSA, HHS, announced they were going to spend $150 million in starting up 236 new community health centers.

The bottom line is you have a huge bureaucracy and a very large budget. I think the average veteran in this country believes VA is doing a good job, in terms of health care at least but we can do better.

This afternoon I wish to touch on two issues. One is the issue of Social Security, which is life-and-death for many millions of Americans, and the other is the issue of Medicare and Medicaid. The main point I would like to make--and I make…

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I cannot underscore enough the level of frustration veterans have with VA's disability claims system.

In my view as I have stated many times, I think VA does a very good job in providing quality, cost-effective health care to our veterans.

We also know that the VA has a number of problems that this Committee is going to continue working hard to try to improve.

First of all, I congratulate the Senator from Michigan and the Senator from Missouri for touching on what is obviously a very serious national issue; that is, how we deal with the crisis of mental health in this country. I thank both of…

the VA should be the primary one-stop shop for the services and benefits that veterans have earned

A measure of this ilk has been needed for some time, especially in those areas of the Nation where public transportation is spotty or non-existent.

Considering the somewhat belated attention being paid to MST, this bill takes a rather proactive approach to assisting veterans who have been victimized by abuse.

With that, let me thank the panel very, very much for your excellent testimony.

IAVA supports the Survivors of Military Sexual Assault and Domestic Abuse Act, which would allow VA to provide counseling and treatment for sexual trauma to members of the Armed Forces.

s. xxxx veterans health care eligibility expansion and enhancement act of 2013 (sen. sanders, i-vt)

The SCRA Enhancement and Improvement Act incorporates a number of needed technical fixes and enhanced protections for military women and men called to active Federal service.

If our goal is to simplify and bring people into the system, a telephone book which has his income level different than mine and we live two miles apart makes no sense at all to my mind.

In Vermont, if Senator Begich were to live in one county and I live literally a mile away from him in another county, he might be eligible; I might not be eligible.

It's up to us to stand by our soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and coast guardsmen.

S.XXXX would direct the VA to provide support for family members and caregivers of veterans with mental health disorders.

One of the areas that we are going to work on is to expand and simplify VA health care.