A non-profit based out of Clever, Mo., the SSFOA’s primary mission is to support and recognize veterans who are wounded, injured, or have acquired an illness related to their service in a combat zone—regardless of service branch or military conflict. After sources recently revealed that the Phoenix VA hospital maintained a secret ‘wait list,’ the VA has fallen under greater scrutiny, resulting in allegations that delays in medical appointments and treatment have led to the unncecesary deaths of several veterans. “The VA has the ability to authorize medical treatmeant outside of the VA network when—according to their own website—there is a ‘lack of available specialiasts, long wait times’ or, in certain circumstances, the medical treatment provided by the VA is located an ‘extroardinary distance from the veteran’s home,’” said Steve Newton, CEO and founder of the SSFOA.
“Had the Non-VA Care Program been appropriately utilized by the Phoenix VA and at other facilities, the wait times would never have become an issue” Newton added. “However, moving forward, I believe we can best serve our veterans and mitigate any wait times by authorizing medical care outside of the VA hospitals.”
U.S. Rep. Tom Rooney, an Army veteran and member the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, has recently cosponsored the Veteran-Centered Access to Coordinated Health Care Act, H.R. 3858, which would help the VA improve access to care by expanding its ability to enter into contracts with non-VA providers.
For more information on the Silver Star Families of America, please visit www.silverstarfamilies.org.
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We gotta do something. I hope this works for our vets.
in certain circumstances, the medical treatment provided by the VA is located an ‘extroardinary distance from the veteran’s home,’”
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Like 180 miles away in Nashville.,.
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