Veterans’ groups speak up and question how the Senate Healthcare bill will handle the budget shortfall for the VA – PB/TK
Major Veterans’ Groups Voice Concern Over Senate Health Bill – By Hope Yen / June 28 2017
WASHINGTON — Major veterans’ organizations are voicing concerns about a Senate GOP bill to repeal the nation’s health care law, fearing the impact of rising insurance costs and worried the underfunded Department of Veterans Affairs won’t be able to fill the coverage gap.
While there are more than 21 million veterans in the U.S., only about 8 million receive health care from the VA. The others rely on Medicaid, purchase insurance on state or federal exchanges, have employer-provided insurance or have no coverage at all.
In a letter Tuesday to senators, Paralyzed Veterans of America, one of the six biggest nonpartisan veterans’ groups, criticized an “opaque and closed” legislative process and proposed cuts to Medicaid that could lead to hundreds of thousands of lower-income veterans losing their insurance.
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