“As the Department of Veterans Affairs awaits a full-time secretary, the agency’s health system is facing another major problem—the Veterans Choice Program is set to once again run out of money.”
“Acting VA Secretary Robert Wilkie wrote in letters (PDF) to Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs, and Rep. Phil Roe, R-Tenn., chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, that the program’s funding will run out by mid-June.”
“Wilkie called on Congress to come up with a bipartisan legislative solution to extend the program while he said he would work with Isakson, Roe and their colleagues on a long-term plan…” Read the full article here.
Source: Acting VA Secretary says Veterans Choice money will run dry by mid-June – By Paige Minemyer, April 30, 2018. FierceHealthcare.
