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       December 7, 2023Stars and Stripes | DOD IG report highlights health care access issues in US military communities worldwide 
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       December 6, 2023Military Times | DOD watchdog report warns of issues across military health care system 
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       November 29, 2023DOD Inspector General | (U) Management Advisory: Concerns with Access to Care and Staffing Shortages in the Military Health System 
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       November 28, 2023Federal News Network | In Japan, civilian feds say health care crisis still isn’t fixed 
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       August 7, 2023Stars and Stripes | Overseas and under the poverty line: The system that keeps so many military spouses abroad unemployed 
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       July 17, 2023Federal News Network | Congress nudges DoD toward fixing serious health care shortfalls in Japan 
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       July 12, 2023Military.com | Plan to Slash Military Medical Billets Based on Faulty Analysis, Federal Watchdog Says 
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       July 11, 2023GAO | Defense Health Care: Additional Assessments Needed to Determine Effects of Active Duty Medical Personnel Reductions 
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       June 15, 2023Military.com | Staffing Shortages Hit Naval Hospital Okinawa, Causing Chaos for Expecting Moms 
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       June 9, 2023Stars and Stripes | Pregnant military mothers dodge delivery-care drama on Okinawa 
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       June 2, 2023NIKKEI Asia | Japan's health care reform debate drags on as worker shortage grows 
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       April 21, 2023PRESS RELEASE | Letter to DoD on Civilian Health Care in Japan 
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       March 17, 2023Stars and Stripes | US military hospitals in Japan further ease DOD civilians’ access to health care 
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       March 6, 2023Stars and Stripes | DOD’s reversal on civilian medical care ‘a move in the right direction,’ advocates say 
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       March 5, 2023Stars and Stripes | Military doctors must treat DOD civilians’ chronic conditions in Indo-Pacific, DHA says 
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       February 27, 2023Stars and Stripes | Longtime AFN leader dies of heart attack at US air base in Japan 
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       February 9, 2023Stars and Stripes | Civilian organizers used social media to spark DOD health care revolt in Japan 
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       February 6, 2023Federal News Network | ‘More people are going to die’: DoD civilians in Japan face health care access crisis 
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       February 2, 2023Stars and Stripes | DOD civilian health care tour in Japan ends with raucous meeting on Okinawa 
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       February 1, 2023Stars and Stripes | More than 10 Japanese hospitals declined to admit DOD civilian ahead of his heart attack death 
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       February 1, 2023DVIDS | Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness visits Yokota Air Base 
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       February 1, 2023Coffee or Die | The US Military needs them in Japan, but the Pentagon just dropped their healthcare. 
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       January 31, 2023DVIDS | Defense Health Agency to Japan “We Hear You!” 
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       January 31, 2023The Daily Caller | US Defense Employees In Japan Struggle For Health Care After DOD Scaled Down Services, Failed To Tell Tokyo 
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       January 31, 2023Stars and Stripes | Pentagon execs say 'solutions' are needed for DOD civilian health care in Japan 
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       January 30, 2023Stars and Stripes | DOD failed to apprise Japanese medical providers about a potential wave of US patients 
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       January 24, 2022Stars and Stripes | Senator questions Pentagon decision to limit DOD civilians’ access to on-base health care in Japan 
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       January 24, 2023Stars and Stripes | Pentagon officials to visit major US bases in Japan to discuss civilian health care 
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       January 19, 2023Japan Today | Ambulance workers struggle to find hospitals to admit patients for 4th consecutive week 
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       January 13, 2023Stars and Stripes | DOD civilians air health care complaints during third town hall in Japan 
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       January 13, 2023Stars and Stripes | DOD civilians in Japan press Congress to restore their access to military hospitals 
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       January 6, 2023Stars and Stripes | DOD civilians in Japan air their complaints about restrictions to on-base medical care 
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       January 5, 2023Aviation Pros | DOD Civilians in Japan Must Find Medical Care Off-Base 
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       December 29, 2022Stars and Stripes | DOD civilians in Japan must find medical care off-base 
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       December 16, 2022Stars and Stripes | DOD says it will stop treating civilians in Indo-Pacific for chronic health conditions 
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       November 15, 2022Tokyo Foundation for Policy Research | Shortage of Doctors at the Root of Japan’s COVID Hospital Crisis 
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       October 18, 2022Stars and Stripes | DOD civilians in Japan should plan for off-base medical care, Defense Health Agency chief says 
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       October 12, 2022Stars and Stripes | ‘A problem unique to Japan’: DOD civilians warn of looming loss of military health care 
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       September 30, 2022Health.mil | DHA Region Indo-Pacific Standardizes Medical Readiness and Health Care 
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       September 30, 2022Stars and Stripes | Lack of medical care for civilians raises concerns at US Navy base in Japan 
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       September 16, 2022The Japan Times | Japan to face a shortage of nearly 1 million medical and welfare staff in 2040 
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       August 17, 2022Japan Today | Record high number of ambulances struggling to find hospitals in Japan 
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       August 10, 2022CBS News | Lawmakers demand change as civilians are hit with "exorbitant" medical bills for emergency treatment at military facilities 
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       July 15, 2022NHK World Japan | Foreigners without residency status fear for their lives 
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       July 7, 2022US GAO | Defense Health Care: Actions Needed to Improve Billing and Collection of Debt for Civilian Emergency Care 
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       June 24, 2022Stars and Stripes | US air base in Tokyo sends civilian children off base for health care 
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       June 20, 2022Stars and Stripes | Family says air base in Japan denied spouse mental health referral before suicide 
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       November 22, 2021The Mainichi | Uninsured foreigners in Japan face threats to life, ballooning medical costs 
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       October 25, 2021Federal News Network | Moving more TRICARE patients to civilian care would cause ‘significant harm,’ study finds 
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       August 19, 2021Kyodo News | Woman with COVID-19 loses baby after being forced to give birth at home 
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       August 25, 2019The Mainichi | Some hospitals in Japan imposing conditions for foreigners amid language, other concerns 
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       August 7, 2019AAFP | Letter Urges Protection of Access to Military Health Care. AAFP Joins Objection to Replacing 15,000 Positions With Civilians 
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       March 2, 2019The Lancet | Health-care disparities for foreign residents in Japan 
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       April 16, 2018Stars and Stripes | Yokosuka hospital makes changes to unpopular appointment policy 
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       December 29, 2017Stars and Stripes | Yokosuka hospital stands by rule that limits access for civilians 
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       May 6, 2016Stars and Stripes | Navy hospital billing backlog leaves patients mired in debt and red tape 
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       September 26, 2012GEO | Defense Health Care: Additional Analysis of Costs and Benefits of Potential Governance Structures Is Needed 
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       July 23, 2011Japan Today | Cases of emergency patient refusal by hospitals rise to over 16,000 
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       March 13, 2005Stars and Stripes | Relations with Japanese hospitals strained by unpaid medical bills 
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       August 31, 2000US GAO | Defense Health Care: Resources, Patient Access, and Challenges in Europe and the Pacific 

