Truth Out Blog Post on Analysis of CARE Program Uses Battle Book and FFVHC
Good story in Truthout about CARE Program
How the Koch-Backed Effort to Privatize the Veterans Health Administration Jeopardizes Everyone’s Health Care Future
Sunday, July 02, 2017 By Candice Bernd, Truthout | ReportAs Senate Republicans’ Affordable Care Act repeal bill threatens more than 441,300 veterans’ Medicaid coverage by 2026, new proposals by the Trump administration and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin also threaten the nation’s largest, integrated, government-run health care system: the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
Secretary Shulkin unveiled a proposal before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on June 7 for the creation of a “Veterans Coordinated Access Rewarding Experience” program to replace the unpopular 2014 Veterans Choice Program, which will sunset in August. READ MORE
