Zablocki VA Medical Middle
MILWAUKEE – The VA launched a brand new outreach marketing campaign Thursday, Dec. 5, to encourage all eligible veterans to enroll in VA well being care, together with roughly 13,000 unenrolled Wisconsin veterans who served in Vietnam, the Gulf Conflict, Iraq and Afghanistan .
A information launch says the marketing campaign will embody textual content messages and emails on to veterans, public service bulletins, paid promoting and occasions.
Officers stated the VA is launching this marketing campaign after experiences of issues from veterans about well being issues, together with psychological well being issues and suicidal ideas, doubtlessly associated to repeated explosions and head trauma (low-level artillery blasts, explosive units improvised weapons, missile launches, intense fireplace, and extra).
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The press launch says this new outreach effort is a part of the biggest outreach marketing campaign in VA historical past. On account of this marketing campaign, greater than 835,000 veterans have enrolled in VA well being care (a 37% enhance over the earlier interval); greater than 900,000 veterans have upgraded their precedence teams, making them eligible to obtain well being care with fewer copays (an all-time document); and greater than four.four million veterans and survivors have utilized for incapacity compensation advantages (one other all-time excessive).
Eligible veterans can join by visiting the VA web site or calling 877-222-8387.