Congress Looks to Ease Restrictions on Veterans’ Use of Non-VA Clinics and Hospitals

Congress Looks to Ease Restrictions on Veterans’ Use of Non-VA Clinics and Hospitals

Many veterans live hours from VA facilities, or they need health services that aren’t readily available from the VA. In such cases, the department is supposed to provide a referral and pay for private care. Critics say it often hesitates to do so.

Congress looks to ease veterans’ use of health care outside the VA – Knowhere News

Iowa’s Waterloo JohnThough he believes it should be simpler for veterans like him to use their benefits elsewhere, Paul Sager is grateful for the treatment he has received at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics. Sager, a veteran of the Army and Marine Corps, uses his VA benefits to pay for non-VA care for back ailments he sustained while serving in the military. However, he acknowledged that he occasionally had to make multiple …

GAO: More Consistency, Timeliness Needed in OTH Discharge Appeals

Veterans who leave the service without honorable discharges are having too tough a time appealing adverse decisions, according to the ...More The article GAO: More Consistency, Timeliness Needed in OTH Discharge Appeals was first published on FEDweek.