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Navy Times | Changes to VA's community care program raise concerns about vets' health care access
Veterans Affairs leaders are phasing out the department's office in charge of community care programs, a move that some advocates are decrying as unfairly limiting veterans' medical options but officials insist is only about efficiency and not sweeping policy changes.
But [Darin] Selnick said CVA has heard from numerous veterans and congressional offices about increased problems accessing the program and getting outside medical appointments. He said the decision to separate the financial and operational functions of the program could cause even more delays and confusion.
"I am hearing more and more often from veterans who are not being given the choices they are entitled to under the law," he told Military Times. "I am very concerned that this will divert much-needed focus from community care and make it that much easier for wait times to creep back up and veterans to suffer for it, just like they did in 2014." |
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