Vets Health Care Reform Bill Introduced

Week of September 29, 2008

The House Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman recently introduced H.R. 6939, The Veterans Health Care Budget Reform Act, which would ensure that VA health care funding is sufficient, timely and predictable. An identical bill was also introduced in the Senate. H.R. 6939 would authorize Congress to approve VA medical care appropriations one year in advance of the start of each fiscal year. In addition, the VA would have up to a year's worth of advance appropriations, which would allow them to investigate how to deliver the most efficient and effective care to an increasing number of veterans with increasingly complex medical conditions. The bill would also require the Governmental Accountability Office (GAO) to study and report to Congress for the next three years on VA's budget forecasting model and estimates. Read the full article on Military.com.

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