Reasons Why Veterans Deserve Health Care

Veterans are not getting the care that they need. To begin, veterans in cities have to wait a long period of time to get the appointment that they need. Individuals who use VA Regional office can wait up to twelve to eighteen before getting an appointment ("introduction to do Veterans receive adequate health care"1). This is too long of a wait period for some because, some of the veterans have life threatening injuries compared to the common cold. Also, many veterans are not receiving any service. There were 572,000 claims and 90,800 appeals nationally at the time ("introduction to do veterans receive adequate health care"1). This proves that many veterans are not getting coverage, and this is unfair because, veterans should be the first people to receive coverage since they were the people that went out risking their lives everyday so that regular citizens could live theirs. Finally, many veterans who live in rural areas cannot find health care. Having so many veterans living in rural areas, it is harder for those veterans to find good health care ("the government aims to improve health care access for rural veterans"1). If there were VA offices in rural towns, these veterans could get the health care that they need because there …show more content…
More and more veterans each year become homeless. Over 200,000 veterans spend at least part of the year living on the street ("homeless soldiers"1). This number continues to grow annually. Female veterans are becoming homeless. Among all homeless veterans, only 7 percent are women ("homeless soldiers"1). Male veterans have a higher chance of becoming homeless than female veterans. Veterans with addictions tend to struggle more. Over 50 percent of veterans have an addiction ("homelessness is a serious problem for many U.S. Military veterans"1). Those with an addiction spend most of their money to feed that addiction. Veterans are becoming homeless for many