The VA mission act: Funding to fail?

No abstract available. Article truncated after 150 words. Yesterday on D-Day, the 74th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy, President Trump signed the VA Mission Act. The law directs the VA to combine a number of existing private-care programs, including the so-called Choice program, which was c...

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Main Author:	Robbins RA
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Arizona Thoracic Society 2018-06-01
Series:	Southwest Journal of Pulmonary and Critical Care
Subjects:	the 74th anniversary of the invasion of Normandy President Trump signed the VA Mission Act. The law directs the VA to combine a number of existing private-care programs including the so-called Choice program which was created in 2014 after veterans died waiting for appointments at the Phoenix VA (1). During the signing Trump touted the new law saying “there has never been anything like this in the history of the VA” and saying that veterans “can go right outside [the VA] to a private doctor”-but can they? Although the bill authorizes private care it appropriates no money to pay for it. Although a bipartisan plan to fund the expansion is proposed in the House VA Mission Act VA Choice privatization appropriation Arizona Child Protective Services schools Robert Wilkie unfunded mandate Department of Veterans Affairs VA
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