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September 26, 2023
shows the VA is still struggling to appropriately manage and oversee aspects of patient safety in both community and VA medical facilities I am concerned by a growing pattern of negligence by the VA in coordinating...improve the level of care VA provides make certain VA is following the law and strengthen coordination of care and information sharing between VA and the community I recently met with VA Inspector General Missal...Missal to discuss this issue and will be seeking meetings with VA leadership in Kansas and in Washington D C VA and Optum Health must promptly implement the Inspector General s recommendations to make certain...
April 25, 2023
certain surviving spouses are able to retain their benefits from both the Department of Veterans Affairs VA and Department of Defense DoD upon remarriage at any age The bill includes surviving spouses from active...choose to remarry they should not have to worry about losing their survivors benefits provided by the VA and DoD The men and women in our military serve our country courageously and their spouses serve our...sens moran warnock introduce legislation to protect military spouses survivor benefits Sign up for Email updates About the Chairman Contact Chairman Majority News Contact Us U S Senate Committee on Veterans...
December 12, 2024
Benefits Improvement Act will better support veterans caregivers and survivors by improving access to VA health care and benefits expanding long term care programs strengthening programs for student veterans...and their doctors to determine what is in a veteran s best medical interest without interference from VA bureaucrats While I look forward to the enactment of this bill and the good it will do for veterans...veterans seeking care in the community Prohibits VA overriding an agreement between a veteran and their provider regarding their best medical interest Requires VA to develop a strategic plan to implement value...
September 20, 2024
today signed into law bipartisan bicameral legislation to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs VA emergency funding for veterans disability compensation pension and readjustment benefits Tester introduced...passed the legislation yesterday with bipartisan support With more veterans and their families receiving VA health care and benefits than ever before the Department faced a 3 billion shortfall in benefits funding...Tester and his colleagues funding bill before Friday September 20th in order to prevent a delay in VA compensation and pension benefit payments to as many as seven million veterans and their survivors...
September 17, 2024
of Representatives today passed bipartisan legislation to provide the Department of Veterans Affairs VA emergency funding for veterans disability compensation pension and readjustment benefits The language...benefits is a cost of war that must always be paid plain and simple said Chairman Tester The fact is VA is providing more disability benefits to more veterans and survivors than ever before including toxic...veterans first and pass this funding bill immediately With more veterans and their families receiving VA health care and benefits than ever before the Department currently faces a 3 billion shortfall in benefits...
March 21, 2024
Veterans Affairs VA Veterans deserve access to timely high quality care and a greater ability to choose when where and how to use the benefits they earned through their service said Sen Moran VA is facing an...while in uniform with a minimum of bureaucracy and delay said Sen King By allowing them to use any VA approved licensed medical professional to perform their benefits exam rather than force them into an...Isakson and David P Roe M D Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2020 which provided VA and its contract vendors with the authority to allow certain medical providers to provide medical disability...
April 27, 2023
Quality and Access to Care for Veterans Expands on MISSION Act and Makes Critical Improvements to the VA Health Care System Thursday April 27 2023 WASHINGTON U S Senators Jerry Moran R Kan and Kyrsten Sinema...expand access to care for veterans safeguard veterans ability to choose their own providers and require VA to improve the quality of care veterans receive This legislation would codify and expand the current...a veteran is eligible to receive community care and make certain the Department of Veterans Affairs VA operates in a manner that promotes rather than hinders access to care for veterans This would be accomplished...
December 13, 2007
veterans senate gov 2007 12 kennedy akaka fight for the workplace rights of veterans Sign up for Email updates About the Ranking Member Contact Ranking Member Minority News Internships Accountability in...
March 18, 2026
released from their secrecy agreements Advancing VA s Emergency Response to AVERT Crises Act Legislation to strengthen the Department of Veterans Affairs VA response to natural disasters pandemics and other...would help ensure continuity of VA medical care for veterans during emergencies and make sure the Department is better prepared to activate its Fourth Mission authority VA s role in improving the nation...to allow active duty servicemembers members of the reserve components and their families to stay at VA Fisher Houses when traveling significant distances to receive care Veterans Prosthetics Advancement...
February 25, 2025
DR JAMES PEAKE TO BE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS November 16 2007 Minority News SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE ANNOUNCES HEARING ON NOMINATION OF DR JAMES PEAKE TO BE SECRETARY OF VETERANS AFFAIRS...Minority News SENATE VETERANS AFFAIRS COMMITTEE APPROVES NOMINATION OF MICHAEL W HAGER TO BE VA S ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HUMAN RESOURCES AND MANAGEMENT November 14 2007 Minority News AKAKA VETERANS MENTAL...
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