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‘Bout that Thorin guy…

As you can see from the news layout on our media page, Now Hear This, this fellow and his experience with the VA and the medical debt that came fro...

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Guest Viewpoint

Veteran Suicide Must End. Erasing their Debt is Where to Start

After taking on the role in 2020 as Director of Behavioral Health Programs and then Director of Veterans Programs for the Staten Island Performing Provider System (SIPPS), I was tasked with improving health outcomes for our Staten Island community...

And Then They Came for the Veterans – Big Mistake

If any organization is skilled at pulling itself together and facing down a surprise enemy threat, it’s America’s men and women in uniform. Given our current political and economic climate, this talent and training will prove especially important for the veterans who once wore that clothing. The...

Relatives, Marines honor Ernie Pyle on 80th anniversary of war correspondent’s death

IE SHIMA, Okinawa — Retired Air Force Maj. Tom Cowan didn’t hesitate when asked about his favorite column written by his famous relative, war correspondent Ernie Pyle. It’s perhaps Pyle’s most well-known dispatch from the Italian front in World War II: “The Death of Capt. Waskow,” dated Ja...

And Then They Came for the Veterans – Big Mistake

If any organization is skilled at pulling itself together and facing down a surprise enemy threat, it’s America’s men and women in uniform. Given our current political and economic climate, this talent and training will prove especially important for the veterans who once wore that clothing. The...

It’s Everything, Everywhere, All at Once for End Veteran Debt, Partners and Allies

As you might know from reading our March newsletter, even as young as End Veteran Debt (EVD) is in launching Operation Debt-Day, public and Veteran interest and participation is blossoming. In addition to the events and work the newsworthy featured, there are many things afoot. Let’s hit some hi...

Jerry Ashton Explains How Debt Affects Veterans

How do Veterans fall into debt? How does debt cause suicide and suicide ideation? Jerry Ashton explains in this short clip from an interview conducted by Col. (RET.) Paul Dietrich for "In Honor Of" broadcast by Community Media of Staten Island.

Report Shows How UnitedHealth Group Is Enriching Itself At The Expense Of Our Nation’s Veterans

Rep. Mark Takano questions how UnitedHealth’s Optum and other insurers have overbilled the VA by hundreds of millions, profiting at the expense of veterans' health care. At a recent Congressional hearing in Washington, Rep. Mark Takano (D-California), the top Democrat on the House Vete...

Will This Song - The Price We Paid - Awaken America to the Deadly Connection Between Veteran Debt and Veteran Suicide? Only If You Listen to It.

“I gave my all for freedom’s call, But freedom doesn't catch my fall. The bills stack high, the pain runs deep, A restless night, no peaceful sleep. I paid the price for liberty, But now the cost is drowning me.” (third stanza of The Price We Paid) Many wrongs need to be righted in our vetera...

United States Says We Don’t Care About Your Service, We’ll Put You On ICE

In a shocking affront to the values our nation holds dear, U.S. Army veteran Marlon Parris—a legal permanent resident and decorated Iraq War hero—is currently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Arizona, facing the harrowing prospect of deportation. This reprehensible treatme...

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