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The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 ( H.R. 3230; Pub. L. 113–146 (text) (PDF) ), also known as the Veterans Choice Act, is a United States public law that is intended to address the ongoing Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014. The law expanded the number of options veterans have ...
The Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014 ( H.R. 4810) is a bill that would allow United States veterans to receive their healthcare from non-VA facilities under certain conditions. [1] [2] The bill is a response to the Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014, in which it was discovered that there was systematic lying about the wait times ...
Veterans' advocates claim the VA is circumventing the MISSION Act by delaying access to community care, leading to longer wait times and potentially life-threatening consequences for veterans ...
Timeliness of care was an important goal to the VHA. In 1995, VHA established a goal of scheduling primary and specialty care medical appointments within 30 days to ensure veterans' timely access to care. [19] VHA began collecting patients wait time data in 2000 for which the then-General Accounting Office (GAO) reported inaccuracies. [20]
U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown: the PACT Act expands VA health care and benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits, Agent Orange and other toxic substances.
The Community Care Network was expanded through the MISSION Act and built on the foundations of a similar community network created by the Veteran’s Access, Choice and Accountability Act of 2014 ...
The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) is the component of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) led by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health [2] that implements the healthcare program of the VA through a nationalized healthcare service in the United States, providing healthcare and healthcare-adjacent services to veterans through the administration and operation ...
The Women's Vet Fest at VFW Post 4659 will be primarily focused on servicemembers who deployed to a combat zone, never enrolled in VA health care, and left active duty between Sept. 11, 2001, and ...