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The Hill | Meeting VA’s infrastructure needs not a matter of piling on more money
President Joe Biden’s $4 trillion so-called infrastructure package includes $18 billion in new spending for the Department of Veterans Affairs. There is no doubt the VA can find a way to spend this 800 percent increase in its construction budget, but the proposal is short-sighted and fails to consider existing reform efforts already underway.
Congress passed legislation in 2018 to lay the groundwork to modernize the VA’s outdated health care system. June 6 will mark three years since enactment of the bipartisan VA MISSION Act, which includes a provision to realign the VA’s infrastructure. Before the White House rushes into more massive VA spending, everyone would benefit by exercising a little patience. |
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