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A Veteran's Playbook for Filing a VA Claim the Right WayMost denied VA claims fail on paperwork, not merit. Here are the steps in order, from the DD-214 to the three review lanes, and who helps for free.From Hobby Lobby to the Little Sisters, the long fight over one mandateOne federal rule sent religious employers to the Supreme Court three times because each fix still left them feeling complicit. A dated timeline, 2010 to 2020.Compassionate Conservatism, No Child Left Behind and Medicare Part DTwo Bush-era laws grew the federal role in schools and in senior health care. Here is how each passed, what hawks said, and what the movement learned.Medicare part by part, what A, B, C and D cover and who paysMedicare has four lettered parts and a gap-filler called Medigap. Here is what each covers, who pays, and the Republican fingerprints on the design.Eleven Questions About Why Small-Town Hospitals Struggle and What HelpsLow volume, high fixed costs and a payer mix tied to Medicare and Medicaid squeeze rural hospitals. Eleven questions on the policy tools.NFIB v. Sebelius Lost the Mandate Fight but Won a Limit on Federal StringsEveryone remembers Roberts calling the mandate a tax. The lasting conservative win in the 2012 case was the limit on forcing states with federal money.What conservatives should learn from No Child Left Behind and Medicare Part DBush bolted testing and competition onto big federal programs. The programs lasted and the reforms faded, a lesson for the next conservative reformer.