[20210311]IF11082_退伍军人健康管理局：针对退伍军人的性别保健服务 .pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov Updated March 11, 2021Veterans Health Administration: Gender-Specific Health Care Services for Women Veterans Introduction VHA had predominately provided general health care and gender-specific services (e.g., prostate exams) that were geared to men, because the demographics of the veteran population had been predominately male. The U.S. Census Bureau began asking women about their military service in 1980 and found that women veterans accounted for less than 3% of the U.S. veteran population at the time. (VA, Women Veterans Report, https:/go.usa.gov/xPzNC). In 1981, Congress requested reports from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) on women veterans access to VA benefits (https:/go.usa.gov/xEBkM). At that time, GAO found that there was inadequate access to general health, gynecological, and obstetrical care. Since then, Congress passed a number of laws, such as the Women Veterans Health Program Act of 1992 (Title 1 of P.L. 102-585, as amended), to specifically increase women veterans access to gender-specific health care services through the VHA. Recently, Title III of the Veterans COMPACT Act of 2020 (P.L. 116-214) required VA to report loc