Posted on 06/14/2014 2:23:55 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Spending on veterans’ health care could double in three years under the Senate’s solution to the long waits experienced by thousands seeking medical care at VA hospitals and clinics, according to congressional budget experts. […]
Both the Senate bill and a House version also passed this past week would dramatically expand government-paid health care. They would require the Department of Veterans Affairs to pay private providers to treat qualifying veterans who can’t get prompt appointments at the VA’s nearly 1,000 hospitals and outpatient clinics or who live at least 40 miles from one of them. …
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Gee - just two weeks ago we were told that the VA was getting more than it could spend for the 5th year in a row. I guess they need a new slush fund source.
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