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Connecting Vets | Lawmakers push for answers from SecVA on Mission Act community care for vets
A senator and several House lawmakers are calling for answers from the Department of Veterans Affairs on its progress expanding community care options for vets, including VA's March plan for a "strategic pause" of care referrals during the pandemic.
The Mission Act, signed into law two years ago and launched last year as the Choice Act expired and frequently touted by the president, aimed to expand opportunities for veterans to receive health care from private providers closer to home, while VA picked up the bill.
Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, a 23-year veteran of the Army Reserve and Iowa National Guard, sent a letter to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie this week asking him to provide an update on Mission's implementation at the agency. |
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