FW: VFW Legislative Alert: Urge Senate to Pass S. 2450 - McCain-Sanders Bill to Improve VA Healthcare Now!

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Subject: VFW Legislative Alert: Urge Senate to Pass S. 2450 - McCain-Sanders Bill to Improve VA Healthcare Now!

Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 14:46:24 -0400

VFW Legislative Alert: Urge Senate to Pass S. 2450 - McCain-Sanders Bill to Improve VA Healthcare Now! Take Action! Background: 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 health care 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 26 major medical facilities leases and provide in-state tuition for eligible veterans using the Post 9/11 and Montgomery GI Bills. Action Needed: 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 health care provider.

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