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Meta J. Mereday, president and founder of the Veterans Entrepreneurial Development Initiative from Baldwin, was selected to be included in the Military Veterans in Journalism’s expert directory on Nov. 11 in recognition of Veteran's Day. Mereday, who was a civilian responder at the world trade c...

The rates of veteran suicide are unacceptably high. Veterans deserve the best care. They sacrifice so much for all of us, and they deserve much better care than they’re getting for the consequences of their sacrifices. One organization that’s seeking to address this problem is Let’s Rethink This....

We continue our discussion of medical debt in the U.S. This episode focuses on veterans medical debt. We are pleased to have Jerry Ashton as a guest on the podcast. Jerry Ashton is a four-decade executive in the credit and collections industry. In 2011 he was inspired by his experience with the...

VMP member Rick Johnson, CEO of VOI Health, was featured in Vermont’s Independent Voice Seven Days article article as one of five of Vermont’s companies “riding Vermont’s Health Tech Sector.” Read about how this former chief of staff in the Marine Corps Reserve used his experience in investigati...

Veteran advocates joined Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, on Tuesday to push for the Senate to pass the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022, als...

Artist: Kaitlin Walsh It takes a special kind of person and supportive network to commit to the selfless service required of those who join the military.  As a physician, I can relate.  But to simultaneously embark on the path to serve BOTH in healthcare AND for our country?  That takes comm...

Navy veteran Gary Pressley killed himself in April 2019 in the parking lot of the Carl Vinson VA Medical Center in Dublin, Ga. His mother, who filed a wrongful death claim this week, says Pressley's VA doctor acted negligently when he cut off pain medication. (Pressley family) WA...

Marine Corps Veteran, Richard Fratarelli, 77, and his Whole Health Coach, Lindsey Higdon, walk the grounds of the Port Charlotte VA Outpatient Clinic. It’s never too late to get healthy. At 77 years old, Marine Corps Veteran Richard Fratarelli has made huge strides in his personal fitness ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif., Jan. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Donations from McClatchy (NYSE American: MNI) readers and viewers around the country will help pay off more than $5 million in medical bills owed by servicemembers, veterans and their families. In partnership with RIP Medical Debt, a nonpro...