Furthermore, veterans have sacrificed their lives and many other things to protect their country, therefore they deserve better healthcare. Many risked their lives to protect the people at home. “Many people know what the words Loyalty, Duty, Respect, Selfless Service, Honor, Integrity, and Personal Courage mean. Soldiers learn these values in detail during Basic Combat Training (BCT), from then on they live them everyday in everything they do — whether they’re on the job or off” (Living the Army Values). Soldiers risk their life to do active service, because of those words. It also shows that soldiers do not enlist for personal gain; they enlist to do it for their country and make a difference. The least they deserve is proper healthcare. …show more content…
People believe that they are already doing as much as they can for the veterans. They cannot do anything more for the veterans’ and the services are easily accessible to them. One article states that 62% of all veterans have used VA healthcare (Goldstein 11). People are satisfied with that number, because it is greater than half of veterans. However, this is a weak argument and should not be satisfactory to anyone. Many more veterans need to receive the healthcare. People need to do more for veterans. People also say that the current healthcare is easily accessible to veterans. “Low utilization among veterans with self-identified need for mental health care represents missed opportunities to deliver effective treatments and prevent immediate and long-term negative outcomes” (Jakupcak 165). This article also states that veterans with PTSD do not seek help and miss opportunities. However that is not the case. For example a one first hand account of attempting to reach VA healthcare says, “In addition, due to a lack of available beds in the patient’s home VA region, he was referred to a VA hospital in Tennessee – over 130 miles away – for treatment. After a period of four months, the family stopped attempts to transfer the patient to a VA facility (where beds were still unavailable) and, out of sheer frustration” (Goldstein 11). Finding help for veterans with PTSD and other disorders should not be frustrating or difficult. It should be uncomplicated. Specifically, not enough veterans receive the healthcare and the health care needs to be more easily