Veterans and Olympians have a kinship in the weeds of discomfort, and “discomfort” may be an understatement. Olympians and military personnel retire their vocation then immediately feel lost. No matter how much one has thought about retiring after sport or the military, the brain and the body go ...

Cary Harrison interviews Jerry Ashton about how our military veterans are burdened by medical debt.Jerry discusses the problem with how Veterans Affairs processes claims, veteran homelessness, and veteran suicide.Hear the solutions to the VA's discretionary authority and how veteran medical debt ...

What do you do in the 21st century when war breaks out and you are not a soldier? If you “rethink your role as a citizen” as did Mark Nezvisky, you go to the virtual front-line. “Not everyone can carry a gun,” explained Mark. “We didn’t want to simply head for shelter when the alarms started – w...

It is a misconception that our veterans receive free or even affordable medical care through the Veterans Administration. So, says Jerry Ashton, the US Navy veteran and social entrepreneur I first interviewed in 2019 about RIP Medical Debt, his initial campaign to eliminate medical debt for all A...

The VA will most certainly become your valentine – once they see to it that all of your unpaid and unpayable hospital bills are made available for legitimate and final debt forgiveness. Every. Single. Dollar. Forgiven. Although differing in form, this wouldn’t be the first “modest proposal” made...