{"id":25186,"date":"2025-11-20T08:34:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:34:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25186"},"modified":"2025-11-20T08:34:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T13:34:16","slug":"check-in-even-when-a-veteran-says-theyre-fine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=25186","title":{"rendered":"Check in\u2014even when a Veteran says they\u2019re fine"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaching out and showing them you care can be lifesaving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ve probably heard the saying, \u201cDon\u2019t judge a book by its cover.\u201d Or maybe, \u201cNot all that glitters is gold.\u201d Both remind us that things aren\u2019t always what they seem. A steady job, a smile, showing up every day or even someone saying \u201cI\u2019m fine\u201d can all hide a different reality. Just because a Veteran looks like they have it all together doesn\u2019t mean they aren\u2019t fighting against something invisible.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/143349\/check-in-even-when-a-veteran-says-theyre-fine\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/143349\/check-in-even-when-a-veteran-says-theyre-fine\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:\u00a0<\/strong>The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Reaching out and showing them you care can be lifesaving You\u2019ve probably heard the saying, \u201cDon\u2019t judge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[172,87,374,245],"class_list":["post-25186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-veterans-benefits","tag-suicide-prevention","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-crisis-line","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25187,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25186\/revisions\/25187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}