06/17/2024

Half of the U.S. Military Bases Nationwide are in 'Healthcare Deserts'

This concerns the NMFA

For hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops and their families, when the Pentagon orders them to find healthcare off base there is none.

An NPR analysis found that 50 percent of active duty military installations stand within federally designated Healthcare Professional Shortage Areas (HPSA). Those are places where medical services are hard to find — commonly called "healthcare deserts."

"Military members often don't have a lot of control over where they're stationed. Certainly their families don't," said Eileen Huck, with the National Military Family Association (NMFA).

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