How Many Veterans Use The VA As Their Primary Health Insurance Coverage?: An OPEN MINDS Market Intelligence Report

The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is responsible for administering and delivering health care services to qualifying veterans. Its mission is to “Honor America’s Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.” It is one of three agencies within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The departments include the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), the Veterans Benefit Administration, and the National Cemetery Administration. The VHA describes itself as “America’s largest integrated health care system.”

Services provided by the VHA are comprehensive and include: inpatient care, outpatient care, pharmacy, prosthetics, mental health, long-term care (institutional . . .