veterans affairs
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Rep. Mike Coffman puts amendment to stem opioid abuse in veterans’ healthcare bill
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A bill headed to the U.S. House floor for a vote would provide better healthcare for veterans, powered by the efforts of Rep. Mike Coffman, a Republican from Aurora. Coffman is a prime backer of H.R. 4242, called the VA Care in the Community Act, and authored an amendment to provide safer use of opioid…
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Buck pushes VA to offer oxygen therapy to help vets with PTSD
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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy (HBOT), once reserved mostly for celebrities and athletes, may become an option for helping military veterans deal with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) if Congressman Ken Buck of Greeley and others get their way. Buck and two other Republican lawmakers, Pete Sessions of Texas and Walter Jones of North Carolina, have been working with…
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Mike Coffman is Vietnam Veterans of America’s lawmaker of the year
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Rep. Mike Coffman of Aurora is the legislator or the year for the Vietnam Veterans of America the organization announced Friday morning. “We are recognizing Congressman Coffman for his leadership in introducing and fighting for bills that will have a profound impact on veterans of all eras, as well their children and their children’s children,”…
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Tipton: Honoring our nation’s fallen heroes
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As a member of Congress, I have the unique opportunity to visit the memorials dedicated to fallen service members that are just a short distance from the Capitol building. Across the Potomac River, Arlington National Cemetery serves as the final resting place for hundreds of thousands of men and women who served in the armed…
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Military veterans treatment court would get boost under Coffman legislation
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As military veterans return home and reintegrate into civilian life, underlying mental illness issues can spill over into altercations with the law. “While most veterans readjust and transition back without problems, some do not,” U.S. Rep. Mike Coffman said. The Republican from Aurora recently introduced legislation along with Arizona Republican U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake that would build on…
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Feds look into claim of unofficial VA wait lists in Colorado
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Government investigators said they are looking into allegations that Department of Veterans Affairs employees in Colorado kept unofficial lists of veterans waiting for health care that could conceal how long it takes to get an appointment, possibly broadening a nationwide scandal. The VA’s internal watchdog announced an audit in a letter Wednesday’s to Republican Sens.…
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Gundersen: More research needed before approving marijuana for PTSD
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The Colorado Psychiatric Society’s mission is to promote excellence in psychiatric care. Quality medical care is based on evidence derived from well-designed clinical trials. We are concerned about the draft bill that would add Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) to the list of debilitating conditions that are authorized to be treated…
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Tipton: Honoring and serving those who have served us
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Colorado is home to over 400,000 of our nation’s veterans – men and women who have fought to protect our freedom in conflicts around the world. These men and women are often some of the most respected individuals in our communities, which makes it easy to overlook that they may be struggling to transition back into…
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Veterans group backs wilderness bill after Bennet adds Camp Hale
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When Garett Reppenhagen, an honorably discharged cavalry scout and a sniper with the U.S. Army First Infantry Division, returned to his home state of Colorado in 2005 after serving in Kosovo and Iraq, the wilderness advocate recovered by spending time on public lands. “When I came home I looked to the outdoors kind of instinctively…