{"id":77054,"date":"2023-11-10T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2023\/11\/10\/white-house-launches-new-efforts-to-educate-vets-on-benefits-scams\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T15:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T15:31:23","slug":"white-house-launches-new-efforts-to-educate-vets-on-benefits-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2023\/11\/10\/white-house-launches-new-efforts-to-educate-vets-on-benefits-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"White House seeks to educate veterans on benefits, warn about scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The White House today launched a pair of veteran-focused campaigns to encourage broader use of federal benefits<\/a> while also warn about scams targeting those support services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement, made one day ahead of Veterans Day commemorations<\/a>, accompanies a series of moves by the Department of Veterans Affairs<\/a> to expand health care access for veterans and eligible family members. And it comes just days after administration officials reported record-high benefits processing and health care appointment figures<\/a> over the last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This weekend will mark the start of a new $5 million national advertising campaign dubbed \u201cWhat You Earned\u201d to raise public awareness of benefits such as VA health care, veterans education support and no-cost burial services for veterans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Only about half of the roughly 18 million veterans living in America today have regular contact with Veterans Affairs benefits officials. In a statement, VA Secretary Denis McDonough <\/a>said the goal of the new campaign is to boost that number.<\/p>\n\n\n\t