Tag Archives: Veterans

GAO: 4 percent of VA copayments inaccurate

In 2009, the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee’s health panel called Department of Veterans Affairs officials on the carpet for what advocates and lawmakers said were “inappropriate billing practices” resulting in veterans being overcharged for medical service copayments.

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Plan to combine exchanges, commissaries would raise prices

A Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee bill that would consolidate the military commissary and exchange systems has service members and military advocates deeply concerned.

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GI Bill fix worries vets’ groups, schools, VA

Legislation aimed at reducing GI Bill overpayments could have disastrous, unintended consequences, causing cash-flow problems for some schools and resulting in some students being barred from attending college if the Veterans Affairs Department is late making a proposed end-of-term payment … Continue reading

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Bill would combine commissaries, exchanges

In what some are calling a a “sneak attack” on commissaries, the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee passed a bill June 29 that would open Department of Veterans Affairs health care to veterans and their family members who developed health problems … Continue reading

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VA says it’s working harder to serve women

A new era for women has dawned at the Veterans Affairs Department, officials said Thursday.

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VA official blasted for sanitization lapses

The Veterans Health Administration is putting patients at risk of hepatitis and HIV with its slow and secretive response to incidents in which medical instruments were improperly sanitized at facilities around the country, irate members of a House committee said … Continue reading

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VA implementing enhancements to existing services for veterans and their caregivers

Department of Veterans Affairs officials published May 3 the interim final rule for implementing the family caregiver program of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Services Act 2010. This new rule will provide additional support to eligible post-9/11 veterans who elect … Continue reading

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VA set to reverse claims backlog by 2012

Veterans Affairs Department officials say they can now see an end to the long nightmare of an ever-growing mountain of disability and compensation claims that has long infuriated veterans and their families.

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Veterans groups blast proposed Tea Party cuts

A proposal to cut $4.5 billion from Veterans Affairs Department health programs to reduce government spending has earned a quick, sharp rebuke from major veterans groups.

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National Veterans Golden Age Games set for Hawaii

More than 700 “golden age” veterans from the continental U.S. and the Pacific islands plan to travel to Hawaii to participate in the nation’s largest sporting event for senior military veterans. The 25th National Veterans Golden Age Games, a national … Continue reading

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