Those who care at the VA

By: Ed Saunders

Outlets: Daily Montanan

Published: April 27, 2026

Words: 637

Last Updated: 3 months ago


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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs reports that it annually provides about 7 million medical appointments to America’s military veterans. Qualified and dedicated VA healthcare providers make this work. Sally was one of them.

The VA has medically treated three generations of my family: My late father, a World War II combat veteran; me, a Gulf War combat veteran, and my wife’s and my son, a Marine Corps veteran. Except for two unfortunate noncritical …

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