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Military.com | VA weighs limiting access to outside doctors to curb rising costs
The Department of Veterans Affairs may alter the rules for its community health care program, a system designed to help veterans see doctors outside of the VA system if they don’t have easy access to a VA medical facility, to stop that program’s growing spending from devouring its overall health care budget, according to VA Secretary Denis McDonough.
The Hill | Congress must seize the opportunity for a modern VA by supporting AIR Commission
Recently, the Department of Veterans Affairs released recommendations for realigning its infrastructure to best meet the needs of the veterans it serves. These recommendations, part of the Asset and Infrastructure Review process laid out under the VA MISSION Act, have been met with misguided, though predictable, responses from lawmakers and media outlets.
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