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The Biden administration is delaying a key piece of veteran health care reform law. Here’s what you need to know.

The Department of Veterans Affairs quietly announced last week it will delay releasing recommendations for realigning health care facilities and options. This move is a violation of requirements in the VA MISSION Act, and further pushes back needed efforts to review and assess VA facilities and the care they offer. A key piece of the… Read more »

By Concerned Veterans for America
Friday, January 14th 2022

Darin Selnick explains how the VA is violating federal health care law and overruling doctors’ decisions

Since passage of the VA MISSION Act in 2018 and rollout of new access standards for community care, veterans have had more options in where they get their medical care. At least, that is how the law was intended to work. Information obtained through Freedom of Information Act requests has revealed the Department of Veterans… Read more »

By Concerned Veterans for America
Wednesday, December 8th 2021

The VA is denying veterans the care they need

In a new opinion piece in the New York Post, Concerned Veterans for America Education Director John Byrnes, a Marine Corps and Army National Guard veteran who served combat tours in Somalia, Iraq and Afghanistan, recounts his unhappy experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs health care system. “Seven years ago, while suffering from excruciating pain, I attempted to make a… Read more »

By Concerned Veterans for America
Friday, December 3rd 2021

Five ways to care for America’s veterans, on Veterans Day and every day

Our grassroots army at Concerned Veterans for America is dedicated to advocating for those who served this country in uniform. But are we as a country truly honoring the service and sacrifice of those who served in uniform? A look into how the Department of Veterans Affairs is managing veterans’ health care says no. According… Read more »

By Concerned Veterans for America
Friday, November 12th 2021

This Veterans Day, vets who’ve been mistreated demand accountability at the VA

“We have to fight for a better way.” That is what veterans are saying about their health care this Veterans Day. In a new video, veterans are calling out the Department of Veterans Affairs for failing to put veterans’ needs first. “I sustained a combat injury requiring physical therapy,” says Marine Corps veteran and Purple… Read more »

By Concerned Veterans for America
Thursday, November 11th 2021

As the ‘forever wars’ end, what will happen to veterans as they seek medical care?

As the generation of post-9/11 war veterans seek care for unique health needs and challenges, it is imperative that the Department of Veterans Affairs is prepared to serve them. But the department’s implementation of the VA MISSION Act and standards for accessing non-VA medical care has been discouraging. Concerned Veterans for America Coalitions Director Jimmie… Read more »

By Concerned Veterans for America
Monday, October 18th 2021

Is the VA trying to keep veterans away from community care?

At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Veterans Affairs began canceling veterans’ appointments. Nearly 20 million were canceled, delayed, or rescheduled, leaving many veterans without much needed medical care during a national health crisis. But those canceled and delayed appointments are just a piece of the trouble brewing at the VA, dragging… Read more »

By Concerned Veterans for America
Thursday, October 14th 2021