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Veterans Affairs VA for veterans their families and military survivors keeps pace with the rate of inflation The Veterans Compensation Cost of Living Adjustment Act of 2026 will increase certain VA benefits including...compensation for surviving spouses and children to reflect changes in the everyday cost of living and align VA with annual benefit increases by the Social Security Administration Congress has a responsibility to...annual cost of living adjustment helps make certain VA benefits keep pace with changes in the economy said Sen Moran These increases will strengthen VA s ability to support veterans with service connected...

death and the fact is VA s rushed roll out of its rate change for these services could have been the final straw for providers serving Montana I m proud of our work to make sure VA gets this rule right...continuously pushed back against a proposed Biden Administration rule to change Department of Veteran Affairs VA reimbursement rates for emergency medical transportation services including ground and air ambulances...would not negatively impact rural America He also introduced his bipartisan VA Emergency Transportation Access Act to bar VA from reducing rates of pay and reimbursement for special mode transportation...

to treat all eligible veterans and maintain the quality of VA medical services through the upcoming fiscal year This amount would also provide VA with resources to absorb the thousands of service members...Not Just Walter Reed The story focuses on the various Federal facilities across the system including VA facilities I urge my colleagues to understand that at the heart of any solution to improve care is...facilities themselves are up to par I intend to hold a hearing later this month on cooperation between VA and the Department of Defense on the treatment of injured service members and I will pursue the situation...

receive the full amount of their Department of Defense DOD retirement and Department of Veterans Affairs VA disability payments leaving behind more than 50 000 combat injured military retirees If adopted the...this unjust policy for medical retirees with a combat related disability providing them their full VA disability and DOD retirement payments The Major Richard Star Act would correct one of the deepest...re denied fair complete compensation because they are subject to a dollar for dollar offset of their VA disability and military retirement benefits It s unacceptable and I m joining my colleagues from both...