FW: Tell the Senate: Pass S. 2450 to Improve VA Healthcare

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Robert Serge

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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 17:06:22 -0500

Subject: Tell the Senate: Pass S. 2450 to Improve VA Healthcare

VFW LEGISLATIVE ALERT URGE SENATE TO PASS S. 2450, MCCAIN-SANDERS BILL, TO IMPROVE VA HEALTHCARE NOW! Robert, Your action is needed immediately on critical legislation. S. 2450, The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014, will begin to address the unacceptably long appointment wait times found within many VA medical facilities. Built on a compromise between VA Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Senator John McCain (R-AZ), the bill will provide quicker access to healthcare for veterans and critical accountability within VA. It begins tackling some of the tough issues facing VA by making improvements to their appointment scheduling system and allowing veterans to seek care outside the system if they are unable to access VA within a reasonable time or live more than 40 miles away from a facility. It also authorizes an expedited hiring authority for VA to employ more doctors, nurses and other medical providers, along with the authority to fire top executives who are not doing their jobs—something the VFW believes is essential to providing timely access to care for all veterans. If passed, the bill would also improve access to counseling and treatment for victims of sexual trauma; authorize construction on 26 major medical facilities' leases, and provide in-state tuition for eligible veterans using the Post-9/11 and Montgomery GI Bills.  Call or email your Senators today and insist they immediately pass S. 2450, The Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014. Tell them that this legislation will provide vital solutions needed for veterans and begin to restore confidence in VA as a healthcare provider. Find a Post | Contribute | About Us | Contact Us Unsubscribe | Tell A Friend © 2001 - 2014. All rights reserved. Veterans of Foreign Wars | 406 West 34th Street | Kansas City, MO 64111 Having difficulty seeing the images in this message? View it online.