Soial Policy and the Historical Timeline

Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury Care Enhancement Act of 2014 Name Institution of Affiliation Date Veterans Traumatic Brain Injury care Enhancement Act of 2014 H.R. 4276 (113th) requires the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to succumb a detailed quarterly report to the Congress concerning the pilot program for rehabilitative services for veterans with traumatic brain injury (TBI) (Govtrack, 2014, p.3). Based on the statistics VA, CBO forecasts that implementation of the bill would cost about one million dollars over the 2015-2019 period. Endorsing H.R. 4276 would not upset direct spending or revenues; so the pay-as-you-go procedures do not apply (Govtrack, 2014, p. 3). The act encompasses no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as well-defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act and would not upset the budgets of local, state, or tribal governments. The bill was introduced in the 113th Congress, 2013-2915 on Mar 18, 2014. It was passed after being signed by the president on December 18, 2014. Definition of TBI Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are severe public health problems with possibly devastating effects and far-reaching consequences (Tbiac, 2014, p.4). These harms occur following a jolt or blow to the head or a piercing head injury that upsets the normal functioning of the brain. TBIs can cause death or an enduring disability that can considerably affect victims, their families, their societies and the state. TBI is highly predictable and preventable, but most of the energies and resources to the disorder go into treatment and rehabilitation, not prevention. It affects individuals of all ages and is the leading cause of long-term disability among youngsters and young adults. Matched with other conditions, the frequency of TBIs happening in the U.S. is approximately eight times greater than the number of breast cancer diagnoses and thirty-four times the number of new cases of HIV/AIDS. TBI, also branded as the silent epidemic, has lately received greater attention as it has become the signature wound of the Iraq conflict. It is projected that 60 percent of combatants recently injured in Operation Iraqi Freedom have sustained blast injuries and doctors approximate that 60% to 80% of the blast-injured soldiers acquired TBI. Because it may not be diagnosed immediately, the Department of Defense has screen American troops both before and after they are deployed to a battle to determine better whether they sustained brain injury in warfare (Bagalman, 2015, p.4). Justification TBI has become recognized as a signature wound of OEF/OIF because the troopers in operations have experienced TBI in large numbers compared to those who served in the past conflicts (Bagalman, 2013, p.7). Blast injuries caused by improvised explosive devices, land mines and grenades have contributed to increase in the condition. The total number of soldiers who have experienced TBI is not known, in part because TBI is hard to ascertain, and in part because some victims have not accessed VA health care services. The VA report indicates that 201,435 veterans from all eras enrolled with VA for healthcare have a diagnosis linked with TBI (Bagalman, 2015, p.4). The ...