Congress Has Opportunity to Pass VA Bill as America Honors Veterans

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As we prepare to celebrate Veterans Day tomorrow, Hot Air notes Congress will soon have an opportunity to actually do something important and useful for Veterans.

There will be a vote in the House Veterans Affairs Committee on approving a bill which will overhaul the Veterans Choice Program .

As reported by the Washington Free Beacon, the new bipartisan legislation will cut through a lot of red tape and allow veterans to go to private medical providers when the VA is unable to treat them comprehensively and in a timely fashion.

The bill would overhaul the Veterans Choice Program created by Congress in response to a 2014 scandal over manipulated wait times at federal facilities that led to the deaths of dozens of veterans. 

Hot Air said if Congress can’t pass the Veterans Choice Bill, “We should just turn the VA back over to the Democrats.”

Corrie O'Connor