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Posted on: January 29, 2019 at 11:34:46 CT
Spanky KU
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The VA has now revealed the average daily number of veteran suicides has always included deaths of active-duty servicemembers and members of the National Guard and Reserve, not just veterans.

The report shows the total is 20.6 suicides every day. Of those, 16.8 were veterans and 3.8 were active-duty servicemembers, guardsmen and reservists, the report states. That amounts to 6,132 veterans and 1,387 servicemembers who died by suicide in one year.

The report shows that of the 20.6 veterans and servicemembers who died by suicide every day, six had recently used VA health care services. The suicide rate among the people who didn’t receive VA care increased faster than ones who did.

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/va-reveals-its-veteran-suicide-statistic-included-active-duty-troops-1.533992
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Dear dems: If govt healthcare is so good, why is VA so bad? - RHAYWORTH MU - 1/29 11:00:03
     It isn't - JayHoaxH8r MU - 1/29 12:43:18
     who knows - TheShoe STL - 1/29 11:17:36
          What successful system?(nm) - TigerMatt STL - 1/29 11:39:44
     What measurement are you using for the VA? - Spanky KU - 1/29 11:11:25
          fvck your article - 90Tiger MU - 1/29 11:19:03
               All hospitals will not be run the same.(nm) - GA Tiger MU - 1/29 11:46:46
               Sorry to hear that happened. Bad care is not - Spanky KU - 1/29 11:26:04
                    I've been in dozens of hospitals and one VA hospital - 90Tiger MU - 1/29 11:34:38
                         The VA hospital would not be my first choice for medical - Spanky KU - 1/29 11:36:41
          how about the guy who blew his head off in stl - El-ahrairah BAMA - 1/29 11:14:43
               You mean the one who consistently failed to show up - Spanky KU - 1/29 11:18:24
                    20 veterans commit suicide everyday - El-ahrairah BAMA - 1/29 11:20:56
                         Close to that number.... - Spanky KU - 1/29 11:34:46
     I went to the VA once when I get out of Army - mu7176grad MU - 1/29 11:04:22
          the VA basically killed my father-in-law relative to care - 90Tiger MU - 1/29 11:08:02
               Sorry to hear that(nm) - El-ahrairah BAMA - 1/29 11:15:42
                    Thanks. My wife was close to her dad and he was a good - 90Tiger MU - 1/29 11:17:25
     PARTS of the VA are great - raskolnikov MU - 1/29 11:03:06
          So some of it works, let's apply it to everything! - RHAYWORTH MU - 1/29 11:23:11
          We pay, the gubmint chooses - Ragnar Danneskjold MU - 1/29 11:08:54
               Not so much, you are sure deep in the Kool-Aid(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 1/29 11:12:28
          RE: PARTS of the VA are great - MOCO SON MU - 1/29 11:04:16
               Same way we pay for defense and your premiums just vanish - raskolnikov MU - 1/29 11:13:40
                    RE: Same way we pay for defense and your premiums just vanish - THEGROVE68 MU - 1/29 11:34:10
                         You have medicare-financed care not, little difference - raskolnikov MU - 1/29 12:03:21
                              RE: You have medicare-financed care not, little difference - THEGROVE68 MU - 1/29 13:13:27
               It's "We The Payer" (nm) - mizzouSECedes STL - 1/29 11:06:47




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