Did you know that Veterans are largely distributed where VA facilities are not? About 50% are found in the 2621 counties lowest in health care workforce with 40% of the population and 45% of each of the worst health plans due to concentrations of elderly, poor, disabled, and weakest employers.
Medicare/Medicaid/CMS designs have closed hundreds of hospitals and countless practices over 40 years in these 2621 counties - one of many reasons that Veterans access care less than they should. The concentrations of worst public and private insurance plans shape deficit of workforce and access that hurt everyone, particularly those with many factors stacked against their care.
There is indication that veterans are slightly more likely to arise from areas that have lower paying employers. The 2621 counties most behind do have weaker employers. Many seek military careers due to better "employment." Those seeking better from these counties are joined by many from families that have a tradition of military service.
Veterans make a number of financial, physical, and mental sacrifices that force them to move to lower cost counties that have available housing. They must depart higher concentration counties where costs of living are worst and where available housing is in decline. They chose military service and their investment and income opportunities were reduced.
Veterans map out as Red County distributed for most in 2016 maps and VA facilities are Blue County major metro - about as far away from the well distributed veteran population as possible.
The 2621 counties lowest in health care workforce map out as Red Counties with rural (40 million) and urban (90 million) populations but include the bluest of the blue rural counties predominantly Native American, African American, and Border Hispanic
Understand the financial, physical, and mental forces shaping the lives of veterans and sending them to lower cost of living - and counties lowest in health care workforce.
Home visits in rural and urban AZ revealed veterans as in some of the worst living conditions - condemned urban apartments, trailer homes with roof holes
And we know about the delays in care, administrative cover ups, employees with lower pay but great benefits (and lower volume), and the Health Info conversion problems
So expect to see more Veterans in CHCs and our most financially challenged practices if you are employed by a CHC or practice in the 2621 counties most behind, because you are more likely to be where they are.
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2wDid you know that Veterans are largely distributed where VA facilities are not? About 50% are found in the 2621 counties lowest in health care workforce with 40% of the population and 45% of each of the worst health plans due to concentrations of elderly, poor, disabled, and weakest employers. CMS designs have closed hundreds of hospitals and countless practices over 40 years in these 2621 counties - this is about concentrations of worst public and private insurance plans. There is indication that veterans are slightly more likely to arise from areas that have lower paying employers. Many seek military careers due to better "employment." The 2621 counties most behind do have weaker employers. There are families in these counties where military service is a tradition. Veterans make a number of sacrifices that force them to move to lower cost counties that have available housing. They must depart higher concentration counties where costs of living are worst and where available housing is in decline. They chose military service and their investment opportunities were reduced. Their physical and mental health sacrifices shape financial challenges.