Following a federal court ruling Sept. 9 that determined the Department of Veterans Affairs erroneously denied reimbursement to thousands of veterans who received medical care at non-VA emergency rooms, the top Democrats on the House and Senate Veterans Affairs Committees have urged the department to notify veterans of their rights and accelerate reimbursements to those wrongly billed. House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Rep. Mark Takano, D-California, and Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, the Senate VA committee's ranking member, said Sept. 13 that they "demand answers from VA ... to explain how many veterans are affected." They want to know how the VA will comply with the court decision, which ordered it to reimburse veterans with other health insurance who incurred additional bills that weren't paid by their primary insurer. Read more on Military.com.
Top VA Committee Democrats: Accelerate ER Reimbursements to Veterans
