Sunday, June 04, 2006

NPR's Day to Day: PTSD Treatment Costs Soar

Last week, NPR's Day to Day show discussed the issue of rising healthcare costs related to combat PTSD. The VA has reported that PTSD costs are rising 7 times as fast as those found in every other category. Be warned: the politically charged issue of malingering is introduced via one researcher's data, arrived upon after reviewing a sample of Vietnam veteran records.

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