Lana McKenzie

Lana McKenzie: AMVETS takes step to help vets with mental health issues

AMVETS is taking matters into its own hands and has commissioned a licensed clinical team to help its members with mental health problems.

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FILE - In this April 2, 2015, file photo, a visitor leaves the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif. The number of veterans seeking health care but ending up on waiting lists of one month or more is 50 percent higher now than it was a year ago when a scandal over false records and long wait times wracked the Department of Veterans Affairs, The New York Times reported Saturday, June 20, 2015, online ahead of its Sunday editions. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

AmVets navigates veterans through VA system to obtain health care