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June 2006, Vol 96, No. 6 | American Journal of Public Health 956
© 2006 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.087346

LETTER

SAFETY NET LESSONS FROM THE VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION

Scott A. Simpson, BA

Scott A. Simpson is a student at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pa.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Scott A. Simpson (e-mail: ss@mail.med.upenn.edu).

Because this article has no abstract, we have provided an extract of the first 100 words of the full text and any section headings.

I read with interest Long et al.’s new analysis of outpatient trends at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) in the December 2005 issue.1 A reinvigorated political interest in health care reform, with a push for consumer choice and responsibility, compels our profession to consider the role of social safety net systems (of which, Long et al. note, the VHA is a part).

This analysis should make us reconsider how far up the economic ladder our public health safety net now reaches. Long’s group found that many veterans now use the VHA in concert with other providers, especially to alleviate rising . . . [Full Text]




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