Military caregivers are America's next great bipartisan win
Public Health,Veterans,Mental Health,Healthcare,Family And Marriage,Bipartisanship,Veterans Affairs
Every day, 14.3 million Americans are providing care to a wounded, ill, or injured service member or veteran. They manage medications, navigate broken bureaucracies, absorb the invisible wounds of war, and quietly sacrifice their own careers, health, and futures — not for a paycheck, but out of love.
They are military and veteran family caregivers — 5.5 percent of all U.S. adults. And as Elizabeth Dole Foundation Caregiver Fellows from across America walk the halls of Congress this week, they carry one message: Like their loved ones, they have answered every call...
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