{"id":136436,"date":"2023-01-25T14:26:48","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T19:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=136436"},"modified":"2023-01-25T14:28:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-25T19:28:21","slug":"republican-bill-calls-for-congress-personnel-to-receive-va-healthcare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=136436","title":{"rendered":"Republican bill calls for Congress personnel to receive VA healthcare"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Republicans rolled out a bill that, if approved, would require Congress personnel and their staff to obtain their healthcare from the VA. The intent, for the bill’s supporters, is to cause members of Congress to experience, for themselves, the quality and nature of healthcare that veterans receive. Congress personnel qualify for gold level plans with Obamacare.<\/p>\n

From Fox News:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

“Providing our veterans with the highest quality care is a bipartisan issue on which nearly all members of Congress agree,” Davidson said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “The VA is charged with fulfilling our nation’s obligation to provide veterans with the health benefits they have earned. To fulfill that obligation, the VA will require consistent and intentional congressional oversight.<\/p>\n

“When I talk with veterans, they always stress the urgency surrounding veterans’ health care issues, particularly for mental health services,” he added. “My bill will ensure members of Congress have a stake in improving the VA health care system.”<\/p>\n

The VA has been under tight scrutiny since 2014, when it became clear it was systematically underreporting veteran wait times for health care to make it look as though veterans were getting timely care. That practice led to findings that some veterans died while waiting lengthy periods of time for VA care. And that prompted Congress to create a pilot program allowing some veterans to get care outside the VA.<\/p>\n

Under former President Trump, the option of private care became permanent under the MISSION Act, but the Biden administration has come under fire for trying to downplay the private health care option. In a 2022 hearing, Republicans criticized VA Secretary Denis McDonough for redirecting a MISSION Act link from a webpage that educated veterans about their private care options to a page that encouraged them to sign up for VA care.<\/p>\n

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, last year called it an example of “blatant bias” against the MISSION Act.<\/p>\n

“Since I have been in Congress, I have supported the VA Mission Act, VA Accountability Act and the PACT Act,” Davidson said. “These bills increased access to care, expanded benefits and improved the quality of care. However, more must be done to improve the VA.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Fox News has additional information<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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