{"id":7082,"date":"2009-06-24T12:13:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T16:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-fighting-to-improve-veterans-health-care\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:43","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:43","slug":"merkley-fighting-to-improve-veterans-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-fighting-to-improve-veterans-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley lucha para mejorar la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de los veteranos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt;\">Washington DC -<br \/>\nEl Senador de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley copatrocin\u00f3 cuatro proyectos de ley hoy para<br \/>\nmejorar la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica para nuestros veteranos.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cTenemos un compromiso fundamental<br \/>\na nuestros hombres y mujeres en uniforme para proporcionarles los recursos que necesitan en<br \/>\nbatalla y el cuidado y los beneficios que merecen cuando regresen a casa\u201d, Merkley<br \/>\ndicho. \u201cEstos proyectos de ley ampl\u00edan y mejoran la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica para los veteranos rurales,<br \/>\nmujeres veteranas y veteranos que sufren de trastorno de estr\u00e9s postraum\u00e1tico y<br \/>\nlesi\u00f3n cerebral traum\u00e1tica. Tambi\u00e9n brindan apoyo a los miembros de la familia.<br \/>\nencargado de la dif\u00edcil tarea de brindar atenci\u00f3n a los seres queridos heridos\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt;\">El senador Merkley es<br \/>\ncopatrocinando las siguientes leyes:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt;\">Ley de Honor de 2009<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li>autoriza<br \/>\n     el Departamento de Asuntos de Veteranos (VA) para proporcionar becas para<br \/>\n     estudios de grado o posgrado en ciencias del comportamiento para veteranos<br \/>\n     con experiencia previa en el campo de la salud mental<\/li>\n<li>autoriza<br \/>\n     Beneficios de sobreviviente de VA para miembros de la familia si un veterano con enfermedad postraum\u00e1tica<br \/>\n     trastorno de estr\u00e9s postraum\u00e1tico (PTSD) o lesi\u00f3n cerebral traum\u00e1tica (TBI) se suicida<br \/>\n     dentro de los dos a\u00f1os de la separaci\u00f3n militar o retiro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt;\"> Ley de mejora de la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica para veteranos rurales de 2009<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li>Oregon tiene m\u00e1s de 352,000<br \/>\n     veteranos en todo el estado<\/li>\n<li>Proporciona viajes<br \/>\n     reembolso para veteranos rurales, y establece centros de excelencia<br \/>\n     para la investigaci\u00f3n, la educaci\u00f3n y las actividades cl\u00ednicas en materia de salud rural<\/li>\n<li>Autoriza al Secretario<br \/>\n     de Asuntos de Veteranos para establecer un programa de subvenciones $50,000 para proporcionar transporte<br \/>\n     opciones para veteranos en \u00e1reas rurales<\/li>\n<li>Proporciona alcance entre pares<br \/>\n     servicios que incluyen asesoramiento de readaptaci\u00f3n y servicios de salud mental y<br \/>\n     mejora de la atenci\u00f3n de los veteranos indios americanos<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt;\">Atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica para mujeres veteranas<br \/>\nLey de mejora de 2009<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li>Directos<br \/>\n     VA para informar sobre las barreras que impiden que las veteranas obtengan el<br \/>\n     cuidado de la salud que necesitan <\/li>\n<li>proporciona<br \/>\n     para un estudio piloto independiente sobre las consecuencias para la salud de las mujeres que sirvieron en<br \/>\n     Irak y Afganist\u00e1n<\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\">Brinda atenci\u00f3n hasta siete d\u00edas despu\u00e9s del nacimiento de<br \/>\n     el ni\u00f1o para mujeres veteranas que reciben atenci\u00f3n de maternidad de VA<br \/> &nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt;\">Ley del Programa de Cuidadores Familiares<br \/>\nde 2009<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li>renuncias<br \/>\n     cargos por la atenci\u00f3n brindada por VA en casos de emergencia a los asistentes<br \/>\n     acompa\u00f1ando a veteranos gravemente heridos mientras est\u00e1n en servicio activo<\/li>\n<li>proporciona<br \/>\n     miembros de la familia con instrucci\u00f3n, capacitaci\u00f3n y certificaci\u00f3n de cuidadores<\/li>\n<li>proporciona<br \/>\n     para apoyo t\u00e9cnico directo a la atenci\u00f3n de rutina, de emergencia y especializada<br \/>\n     donaci\u00f3n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cCuando se trata de cosas serias<br \/>\npeajes f\u00edsicos y emocionales que el PTSD y la lesi\u00f3n cerebral traum\u00e1tica cobran en nuestra<br \/>\nveteranos, hay mucho que a\u00fan tenemos que entender. La Ley del Honor mejora<br \/>\ntratamiento para los veteranos, sino que tambi\u00e9n ofrece oportunidades educativas para<br \/>\nveteranos para convertirse en expertos en el campo de la salud mental. Necesitamos m\u00e1s<br \/>\nproveedores de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica con conocimiento de primera mano de lo que han pasado los veteranos<br \/>\npara que puedan ayudar mejor a quienes m\u00e1s lo necesitan\u201d, dijo Merkley.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley co-sponsored four pieces of legislation today to improve health care for our veterans.&nbsp; &ldquo;We have a bedrock commitment to our men and women in uniform to provide them with the resources they need in battle and the care and benefits they deserve when they return home,&rdquo; Merkley said.&nbsp; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[37,55],"class_list":["post-7082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-health-care","tag-honoring-our-veterans"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merkley Fighting to Improve Veterans Health Care - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-fighting-to-improve-veterans-health-care\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merkley Fighting to Improve Veterans Health Care - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, D.C. &ndash; 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