Senate Panel Clears VA Health Care Bill: The Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs on Tuesday advanced legislation to expand access to health care and dental care at the Department of Veterans Affairs. “I am proud that we are making good progress in improving and expanding health care and other benefits for the men and women who put their lives on the line to protect our country,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders, the committee chairman. A key bill in the package of legislation sent to the full Senate would expand access to the high-quality, cost-effective health care that the Department of Veterans Affairs now provides to approximately 6.5 million veterans each year. Currently, veterans above certain income levels and without serious service-connected disabilities are unable to receive care. Sanders’ measure would reaffirm the nation’s commitment to those veterans with the most severe service-connected disabilities and lowest incomes, while expanding access to veterans currently unable to enroll in three important ways. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/recent-business/senate-panel-clears-va-health-care-bill
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 23:00:01 +0000
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