VA already treated 565,000 first-time Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran patients

Do you want to know why you are needed to help our veterans? Do you want to know why you should pay attention to what is happening to them? If you already know these answers, then read what Veterans for Common Sense has been up to. If you don't know the answer, then you haven't been paying attention all along and wouldn't know that had it not been for the President and what this congress has been doing, it would have been a lot worse. Too many people just want to slam President Obama and they attack Democrats in congress, especially down here in Florida but the truth is there for anyone who wants to know the facts. Start with their voting records and know who has voted against veterans especially when most of them want your votes again. If they can't support veterans or the troops then what chance do you as an average citizen have?

VCS Advocacy in Action - VCS Government Relations Advocacy On September 30, after nine years of endless war in Afghanistan and Iraq, Congress held a hearing on "The True Cost of War."  VCS thanks Chairman Bob Filner for holding this vital oversight of VA's long-term needs and obligations. VCS testified with Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz and Harvard Professor Linda Bilmes. Because of our VCS research, for the first time, the Associated Press reported the facts. What is the tragic human cost?  VA already treated 565,000 first-time Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran patients, and VCS estimates the total will hit one million by the end of 2014. What is the enormous financial cost?  Pushing toward one trillion dollars for healthcare and benefits for our disabled veterans for the next 40 years.  The total financial cost of the wars to Americans?  Up to $6 trillion, and escalating.  Please read our testimony and watch the official Congressional video clip (click on "Multimedia Link') where VCS speaks at 1 hour, 45 minutes. VCS Public Relations Advocacy VCS was quoted in three major news stories this week: Boston Globe - The Prudential Scandal Grows Austin American-Statesman - Improper Military Discharges Often Block VA Benefits Houston Chronicle - Escalating Military Suicide Epidemic