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The Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014 is a bill that would allow United States veterans to receive their healthcare from non-VA facilities under certain conditions. [1] [2] The bill is a response to the Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014, in which it was discovered that there was systematic lying about the wait times veterans experienced waiting to be seen by doctors.
The bill passed the Senate by 86–11 on August 2, 2022, amid pressure from the veteran groups and other activists. There was no change in the funding mechanism or of the bill's text between the first and the second Senate vote. [13] [14] [11] On August 10, 2022, it was signed into law by President Joe Biden. [15]
The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014 (H.R. 3230; Pub. L. 113–146 (text)), also known as the Veterans Choice Act, is a United States public law that is intended to address the ongoing Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014.
Senate Republicans on Wednesday defeated a bill calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to research marijuana as a remedy for post-traumatic stress disorder and chronic pain. Senators ...
By MATTHEW DALY WASHINGTON (AP) - A bill proposed by four Senate Republicans would give veterans more flexibility to see a private doctor if they are forced to wait too long for an appointment at ...
WASHINGTON — House Republicans approved a veterans' funding bill on Wednesday that would limit abortion access for troops and veterans, setting up another partisan clash with Democrats in the ...
A matching Senate bill, S.2127, was introduced to the Senate on June 22. [3] It was mooted by the November 1 passage in the Senate of the House bill, with amendments making it a $154.4 billion appropriation, as part of a minibus appropriations package. [4] [1] The minibus arrangement was the work of then-Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy in ...
The House Veterans Affairs Committee has asked VA hard questions and demanded VA leadership do its job. Others, like Senate VA Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.), don’t seem interested in ...