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Returning Home to Battle

For many veterans, the end of active duty means the beginning of a new fight with the U.S Department of Veterans Affairs – for benefits, housing and a chance to rebuild their lives.

Posted inOpiates, Returning Home to Battle

Who’s responsible when America’s your drug dealer?

by Julia B. Chan March 14, 2015June 30, 2021

Meet the “Candy Man” – the chief of staff at a VA hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin. Hospital staff members say Dr. David Houlihan “hands out narcotics like they’re candy.”

Posted inHealth Care for Veterans, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle

Wisconsin VA’s opiate overprescription harmed patients, report finds

by Aaron Glantz March 10, 2015June 30, 2021

A preliminary report by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs revealed that runaway opiate prescriptions and a culture of fear created by hospital leadership compromised patient care and harmed the staff at the Tomah, Wisconsin, VA.

Posted inNational Security, Returning Home to Battle

Torture tactics go beyond the CIA

by Julia B. Chan February 14, 2015June 30, 2021

The use of torture by U.S. personnel was not limited to the CIA, nor was it limited to a group of brutal guards at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison.

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Posted inReturning Home to Battle

The devastating story behind one image of detainee abuse

by Joshua E. S. Phillips February 14, 2015June 30, 2021

Jon Millantz spent years detailing accounts of prisoner abuse and torture in which he and his fellow Army unit members had been involved. This is the first time this photo has been shown publicly.

Posted inReturning Home to Battle

Behind the mask: Facing torture after the war

by Julia B. Chan February 14, 2015June 30, 2021

Watch this video about the Combat Paper Project, a veterans art collective that transforms pulpified military uniforms into handmade paper.

Posted inHealth Care, Health Care for Veterans, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle

VA gave $8,025 bonus to director of troubled Wisconsin hospital

by Aaron Glantz February 12, 2015June 30, 2021

Mario DeSanctis, director of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin, said his performance bonus was “warranted and justified” even though the facility was being investigated over runaway painkiller prescriptions and patient overdoses.

Posted inHealth Care, Health Care for Veterans, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle

VA inspector general finally releases report on Wisconsin hospital

by Aaron Glantz February 9, 2015June 30, 2021

The Department of Veterans Affairs’ inspector general’s office has publicly released its scathing report documenting runaway painkiller prescriptions and abuse of administrative authority at the VA hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin, nearly a year after it closed the case.

Posted inHealth Care, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle

Investigator visit to Wisconsin veterans hospital feels like déjà vu

by Aaron Glantz January 30, 2015January 30, 2015

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs investigated problems at the Tomah VA Medical Center for two years but never released an official report of its findings, leaving some to wonder whether the agency is capable of policing itself.

Posted inHealth Care, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle

VA to send specialists to investigate problems at Wisconsin hospital

by Aaron Glantz January 16, 2015January 22, 2015

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs said it will conduct an internal investigation after a CIR report documented opiate overprescription and other issues at the Tomah VA hospital.

Posted inHealth Care for Veterans, Opiates, Returning Home to Battle

Alarm over Wisconsin VA’s troubles follows years of complaints

by Aaron Glantz January 14, 2015March 19, 2015

Politicians from both parties and government bureaucrats are rushing to look into allegations of overmedication, retaliatory management practices and preventable overdose deaths at a Wisconsin VA hospital, revealed by CIR.

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