In June, the Mission Act was implemented, enabling more veterans to receive care at local community providers instead of the traditional VA Medical Center setting. This has opened part of the vast Veteran healthcare market up to more healthcare providers, manufacturers, and pharmaceuticals. Early returns on efforts by aggressive firms seeking to gain a share and early share of the $50 billion Veteran healthcare market are showing that success is often connected with a firm’s understanding military cultural and other insights….
Healthcare Marketing to Veterans is Going Retail
Attention on veterans from the healthcare industry is at an all-time high. But increased non-VA healthcare options, digital-oriented patients, and strict guidelines of marketing at the VA are creating shifts in healthcare marketing to veterans. With this B2B to B2C change, there are a number of key implications that healthcare marketers should understand about B2V (Veteran) marketing.