Overall, women make up about 14 percent of the U.S. Armed Forces. Of the 1.7 million troops who have deployed in support of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, more than 190,000 — or about 11 percent — are women.
Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., who is on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, said in a statement that V.A. findings confirm what she has been hearing from women veterans for years.
The quality of care received by female veterans lags behind that of male veterans.
In my experience, across multiple V.A.'s, care for female veterans is consistently of lower quality except for in the areas of gyn and preventive health measures. Given the fact that the V.A. has a consistent pattern of "cherry picking" numbers to make them appear they are doing better than they are in reality- I believe the only validity in their quality of care report is the preventive health measures.
Bye for now-
ANJYL
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