Patricia Kime

Patricia Kime focuses on military personnel and veterans issues for Military.com, reporting on health care, military families, justice and benefits. She previously was a senior writer for Military Times, specializing in health care and medicine.

Her work has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, Kaiser Health News and elsewhere. She was named as one of the top 100 influencers in the veterans' arena by HillVets in 2015 and earned first place for beat reporting from the Association of Health Care Journalists in 2019. Prior to becoming a journalist, she worked for the federal government in the intelligence community. She graduated from the University of Virginia with a degree in international relations.

Email: Patricia.Kime@Military.com

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Caisson platoon prior to a funeral at Arlington National Cemetery.

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The seal is affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington.

Conservative Group Launches Website to Help Vets Find Health Care Outside of VA

Officials with Concerned Veterans for America say the nongovernmental site is needed to fill a void in the Department of...

Disabled Veterans' Life Memorial in Washington.

VA Lost More than $3.5 Billion in Misplaced Spending in Fiscal 2022

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Air Force veteran Willie Williams, 63, looks to cross the street outside the Soldiers' Home, on April 6, 2020, in Chelsea, Mass. The families of three residents of the veterans' care facility who died after contracting COVID-19 in the early days of the pandemic say in a federal lawsuit that the deaths were ‘premature and preventable’ and the result of ‘unsanitary, unfit, and unacceptable living conditions’ at the facility.

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Researchers said the observations suggest that the VA consider working more closely with community hospitals to maintain...

Members of the 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment place flags in front of each headstone at Arlington National Cemetery.

This Memorial Day, VA Adds More than 300,000 Veterans to its Legacy Memorial Project Site

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Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough.

VA Issues New Warning that Default Could Have 'Catastrophic' Effects for Veterans

VA Secretary Denis McDonough said Wednesday there is "no blueprint for what could happen."

Military ID cards are created at a temporary facility in New Orleans.

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Deadlines for military family members and retirees using expired ID cards during the pandemic are approaching or have passed...

Twenty dollar bills are counted in North Andover, Mass.

Bill Guaranteeing Cost-of-Living Increase for Veterans in 2024 Heads to President's Desk

The annual task in Congress ensures that VA compensation keeps pace with Social Security increases.

A sign points to a COVID testing site at a Veterans Affairs medical center.

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The department received nearly $37 billion in additional funding to address the COVID-19 pandemic but now says it is free to...

VA Claims Backlog Expected to Grow to 400K, Largely Due to the PACT Act

The VA expects its disability claims backlog to spike in the coming year but has a goal to reduce it to 100,000 by 2025.

Teachers and students on the first day of school at Netzaberg Elementary School.

DoD Schools Roll Out New 'Gender-Neutral' Dress Code for Students

The new rules, which call for bodies to be covered from shoulders to mid-thigh and allow hats indoors, go into effect July 1.

The Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center in Spokane, Washington.

VA Signs New, Tougher Contract with Company Handling Faulty Electronic Health Records Rollout

The new contract calls for five renewable one-year terms, rather than another five-year term, to provide the VA more leverage...

Unoccupied housing at Camp Lejeune, N.C.

Camp Lejeune Veterans at Higher Risk for Parkinson's Disease, Study Finds

Research suggests that the organic solvents that once contaminated the North Carolina base's water supply increase the risk...

Well monitoring well at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.

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An advocacy group says the gap is widening between the cleanup costs and related funding for PFAS chemicals from firefighting...

Boxes of the drug mifepristone sit on a shelf at the West Alabama Women's Center in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Mifepristone Probably Won't Work as a Treatment for Combat PTSD, New Study Finds

The drug at the heart of the medication abortion debate previously had shown promise in male veterans with the service...

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