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LVMAC Tidbit: Wilkes-Barre VA Introduces New Cancer Screening Program

Veterans have a higher rate of cancer than the general population due to toxic exposures, apparently.  Therefore, when something comes along that expedites its detection, that is particularly newsworthy because it may save lives. Advances are slowly coming forth in the War on Cancer, first announced in the early 1970’s.  Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 2 yearsJuly 20, 2023 ago

Allentown VA Clinic Healthcare Enrollment Fair

By Rich Hudzinski, 2 yearsMay 15, 2023 ago
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Forward Observer: Figuring Out the Camp Lejeune Tort Mess

It is still tough to figure the complete score concerning Camp Lejeune tort claims raised by the “Camp Lejeune Justice Act of 2022” provision (Section 804 of PL 117-168) in the Honor Our PACT past last August — especially the puzzle of how the VA will calculate a successful filing’s Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 2 yearsJanuary 29, 2023 ago
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LVMAC Tidbit: Colonial Penn Move Over, VA is Launching a New Life Insurance Policy

On 1 January 2023, the Department of Veterans Affairs will open enrollment for its new VALife life insurance policy — making life insurance available to more Veterans than ever before.   According to the news release, this is the first new VA life insurance program for Veterans in more than 50 Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 2 yearsNovember 30, 2022 ago
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LVMAC Tidbit: Retired VA Phone Number Putting Veterans at Risk

Oh, and By the Way,  Know Your Shortcut Numbers   Today,  our VISN-4 Community Relations Office informed us with the message below that a retired VA phone number may put military veterans’ information at risk: The Department of Veterans Affairs established 1-800-MyVA411 (1-800-698-2411) in 2020 to help Veterans, their family Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 3 yearsNovember 28, 2022 ago
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Forward Observer: The Straight Poop on COVID Booster Shots (and Flu Shots)

There has been recent confusion in the local veterans community over receiving COVID-19 vaccine booster shots.  Part of it is due to the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center’s (VAMC) recent cancellation of scheduled appointments for the recommended, regular booster.  That occurred because a new, bivalent versions from Pfizer and Moderna suddenly Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 3 yearsSeptember 24, 2022 ago
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LVMAC Tidbit: Immediate Local VA Healthcare … As Easy as 1, 2, 3?

We have previously written about the VISN-4’s Health Chat program, an improvement on the previous longstanding, “night nurse” scheme that has existed for eon’s in the VA Healthcare system.  What has not been written about is the investment our VISN-4 has made to get veterans to the “right care, right Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 3 years ago

Agent Orange Exposure — What You Need to Know

By Rich Hudzinski, 3 years ago

Wilkes-Barre VAMC Virtual Town Hall

Note this is a virtual meeting.  There is no physical location.

By Rich Hudzinski, 3 yearsSeptember 9, 2022 ago
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LVMAC Tidbit: Understanding the PACT Act a Bit Better

At the American Legion’s National Convention on 31 August, Secretary of Veterans Affair  McDonough announced that he will make all conditions outlined in the PACT Act, one of the biggest expansions of veteran benefits in history, presumptive from the date President Biden signed the bill into law (August 10). The Read more…

By Rich Hudzinski, 3 yearsSeptember 4, 2022 ago

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