Here are four things to know. 1. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Choice Program allows some veterans to receive care in their communities rather than having to wait for a VA appointment or ...

VA to expand eligibility for Veterans Choice Program by changing 40-mile rule The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is changing its guidelines on the distance patients may live from the nearest VA ...

WASHINGTON — The House overwhelmingly approved a $ 3.9 billion emergency spending package to address a budget shortfall at the Department of Veterans Affairs that threatens medical care for thousands ...

BILLINGS – U.S Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., wants to know President Donald Trump’s plans for privatizing veterans’ health care. In a more than four-hour confirmation hearing Wednesday for Veterans ...

Part of Donald Trump's 10-point plan to reform the Department of Veterans Affairs is to allow veterans to receive private medical care paid for by the government. "We are going to make sure every ...

Taking care of veterans has long enjoyed bipartisan support. In 2014, when Veterans Administration hospital officials were caught hiding long delays in treatment -- delays that were tied to the deaths ...

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has expanded eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program, North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer announced Tuesday. The department will use a new ...

Carilion Clinic is now seeing patients through the Veterans Choice Program. Initially, Carilion declined to participate as few veterans sought appointments. That changed. “We heard loud and clear from ...

BETTENDORF — Dave York, a veteran from Davenport, had shoulder replacement surgery in Iowa City on Dec. 7, and since then it's been "a nightmare getting followup treatment," he said during a town hall ...

Veterans from around the state expressed frustration over the Veterans Choice program, meant to increase access to health care, during a listening session in Helena on Monday night. Nearly 50 veterans ...

Last week, Republicans released the Fiscal Year 2026 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill — their proposal for the allocation of funds toward, among other ...