Mysterious Cancellations Block Veterans’ Mental Health Care

Imagine serving your country in the military, incurring some
trauma and some mental health difficulties, and then finding that
your appointments to get mental health treatment keep getting
canceled without explanation. And in many cases, it’s you, the
patient, being unfairly blamed for canceling or not showing up to
the appointments. That’s happening now in America’s veteran
healthcare system, according to Military.com reporter Patricia
Kime. She joins us to talk about the political pressure against
the V.A. that might be influencing this issue and she shares what
the veterans are reaching out to tell her.


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