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Billionaire Investor Donating $275M To Create Free Mental Health Clinics For Veterans

Steven A. Cohen is seeking to open 25 clinics by 2020 serving a total of more than 25,000 patients a year. In other news, a report finds manipulated wait times at VA hospitals in New Hampshire and Vermont, and veterans in Michigan will be able to use the Veterans Choice Program to get care at Ascension Michigan locations in the state.

Billionaire hedge-fund investor Steven A. Cohen is committing $275 million to form a national network of free mental health clinics for military veterans and their families. (Gordon, 4/6)

New reports show the Manchester, N.H. and White River Junction, Vt. Veterans Administration Medical Centers manipulated records to make wait times for appointments appear shorter than they actually were. (Biello, 4/6)

Ascension Michigan will now provide care through the Veterans Choice Program, giving veterans the choice to receive care at Ascension Michigan locations throughout the state, including St. Mary鈥檚 of Michigan in Saginaw. As part of Ascension, the nation鈥檚 largest nonprofit healthcare system and the world鈥檚 largest Catholic health system, Ascension Michigan joins 23 other states and the District of Columbia in sustaining and improving the health of individuals and communities by serving as an official provider of veteran care outside the Department of Veterans Affairs. (4/7)

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