Women fight America’s wars. The military healthcare system fails them at home
BLUF – In a Washington Examiner opinion piece, physician Eric Wargotz argues that separate Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs healthcare systems, compounded by staffing shortages and backlogs, are failing to provide adequate gender-specific care for active-duty women and female veterans. For Navy Medicine, the article underscores the importance of accessible breast and gynecologic care, sufficient specialty staffing, and continuity of care as servicewomen transition from military healthcare to the VA.