Veterans Issues
This page offers an easy way for policymakers to access veterans research and analysis that is relevant to current Congressional agendas. For additional information, to request documents, or to arrange a briefing, contact the RAND Office of Congressional Relations at ocr@rand.org or (703) 413-1100 x5395.
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Alerts & Newsletters
RAND is now sending occasional email alerts to update Congress on highlights of recent work concerning veterans.
Some of RAND's other Congressional newsletters include topics relevant to veterans issues.
Health Newsletter
February 2010
Parental Deployment May Heighten Problems for Children in Military Families
Reliable Estimates of PTSD Among Service Members Are Difficult to Pin Down
May 2009
Improving Mental Health Care for Returning Veterans
January 2009
Predicting Demand for Veterans' Health Care: An Assessment of the VA's Forecasting Tools
January 2006
Helping Military Personnel Understand and Value Their Health Care Benefits
May 2005 (PDF)
Controlling the Costs of Pharmacy Benefits for Military Retirees
Analyzing How the VA Allocates Its Health Care Dollars
Restructuring the Military Health System?
Child Policy Newsletter
April 2010
Viewed Through a Different Lens: The Effects of Deployment on Military Children
Interview: How Can We Intervene to Help Kids Better Deal with Deployments?
April 2007
Military Child Care: Is it a Readiness and Retention Issue Today?
Interview: Making a Good System Better
Testimony
Military Veterans' Experiences in For-Profit Higher Education
Testimony submitted before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity on May 16, 2012.
Suicide Prevention Efforts and Behavioral Health Treatment in the Veterans Health Administration
Testimony presented before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Health on December 2, 2011.
Insights from Early RAND Research on Deployment: Effects on U.S. Service Members and Their Families
Testimony presented before the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on July 27, 2011.
2010 and prior
June 18, 2010
Considerations for the Use of Private Security Contractors in Future U.S. Military Deployments
Testimony presented before the Commission on Wartime Contracting.
April 28, 2010
The Role of Incentive Pays in Military Compensation
Testimony presented before the Senate Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Personnel.
March 9, 2010
Children on the Home Front: The Experiences of Children from Military Families
Testimony before the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
April 29, 2009
Gauging Future Demand for Veterans' Health Care: Does the VA Have the Forecasting Tools It Needs?
Testimony presented before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee.
March 24, 2009
Assessing Combat Exposure and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder in Troops and Estimating the Costs to Society: Implications from the RAND Invisible Wounds of War Study
Testimony presented before the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
June 12, 2008
Invisible Wounds of War: Quantifying the Societal Costs of Psychological and Cognitive Injuries
Testimony presented before the Joint Economic Committee.
June 11, 2008
Invisible Wounds of War: Recommendations for Addressing Psychological and Cognitive Injuries
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
June 11, 2008
Invisible Wounds of War: Summary of Key Findings on Psychological and Cognitive Injuries
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
April 21, 2005
Initiatives to Control Military Health Costs
Testimony presented to the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Subcommittee on Personnel.
June 17, 2003
Statement on the Final Report of the President's Task Force to Improve Health Care Delivery for Our Nation's Veterans
Testimony presented before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Testimony not available
November 16, 1999
A Review of the Scientific Literature as It Pertains to Gulf War Illnesses; Pyridostigmine Bromide
Testimony presented to the Subcommittee on Health and Oversight and the Subcommittee on Investigations, Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives.
Briefings
For more information on these and other Congressional briefings, contact the Office of Congressional Relations.
VA Mental Health Care: How Good Is It and How Can We Make It Better?
Presented by Katherine E. Watkins
December 1, 2011
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
B-369 Rayburn House Office Building
The War Within: Preventing Suicide in the U.S. Military
Presented by Rajeev Ramchand and Terri Tanielian
May 10, 2011
2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
2103 Rayburn House Office Building
Diversity of Service Academy Entrants and Graduates
Remarks by Rep. Elijah Cummings and the Honorable Madeleine Bordallo
Presented by Sheila Nataraj Kirby
June 23, 2010
9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
340 Cannon House Office Building
Cash Incentives and Military Enlistment, Attrition, and Reenlistment
Presented by Beth Asch and James Hosek
June 14, 2010
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Children on the Home Front: The Experience of Children from Military Families
Presented by Anita Chandra
March 1, 2010
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2200 Rayburn House Office Building
The Impact of Deployment on the Post-Deployment Labor Market Earnings of Reserve Components
Presented by David Loughran
November 9, 2009
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Room 201 SVC Capitol Visitor Center
Deployment Experiences of Guard and Reserve Families: Implications for Support and Retention
Presented by Margaret C. Harrell and Laura Castaneda
March 9, 2009
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2200 Rayburn House Office Building
Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery
Presented by Terri Tanielian
April 28, 2008
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
The Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ) Room
S-211, The United States Capitol
Have Military Divorce Rates Increased Since 9/11?
Presented by Benjamin Karney
October 15, 2007
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
2212 Rayburn House Office Building
Improving Health Care: Lessons From The VA
In conjunction with the Department of Veterans Affairs and cosponsored by the 21st Century Health Care Caucus
Presented by Dr. Steven Asch
February 4, 2005
10:30 a.m. – Noon
1537 Longworth House Office Building
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