Tell Congress to provide benefits to all veterans
Most veterans who receive an other than honorable (OTH) discharge may be unable to access VA services regardless of their service record, awards, or deployment history. The responsibility of the VA is to all those who answered the call to duty. Send this letter to your members of Congress to provide services to all veterans except those who are dishonorably discharged.
Private equity firms must not own the VA
Putting profit over patients has devastating results: We must not allow private equity firms to own the VA. Tell your Members of Congress that outsourcing VA health care to the private sector needs to stop.
The VA Inspector General FY2024 report once again shows severe staffing shortages
For FY24, over 80% of VA facilities reported severe shortages of medical officers and nurses every year since FY14, as well as shortages of psychologists, nursing assistants, medical technologists, and non-clinical occupations. Insufficient staffing impacts care. Tell your Members of Congress to demand the VA focus on strengthening VHA by filling vacant positions.
Republicans misrepresent the MISSION Act
Republican Chair of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs Rep. Mike Bost, in a letter to VA Secretary McDonnough, said he is concerned about the VHA "ignoring the myriad of personal or medical reasons why individual veterans choose to get their care in the community." This disingenuous statement misrepresents the intent of the MISSION Act and ignores the cost-saving measures in the Red Team report.
The VA Inspector General ignores the VCCP in its evaluations
Tell your Members of Congress to insist that that the VA Inspector General reviews VCCP third party administrators with the same thoroughness it does with the VHA.
Red Team Report: "The Urgent Need to Address VHA Community Care Spending and Access Strategies"
Tell your Members of Congress to read the Red Team report and stop the Veterans Health Act (Moran), the Making Community Care Work for Veterans Act (Tester), and the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act from being rammed through Congress.
