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 ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON, DC - Some help for veterans from the Department of Veterans Affairs. The Veterans Choice Program is going to be expanded. Coming soon, the calculation used to determine the distance ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. WASHINGTON (AP) — Far fewer veterans than expected are taking advantage of a new law aimed at making it easier for them to get ...

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 ...

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 ...

President Obama’s 2016 budget blueprint proposes rolling back a program that gives veterans the right to receive faster care outside of the long waitlists at the troubled Veterans Affairs medical ...

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 ...

President Donald Trump is putting forth a false "choice" when he boasts about a program aimed at improving veterans' health care by steering more patients to the private sector. Heading toward the ...