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In 2018, the VA MISSION Act was signed into law by President
Trump, and it is arguably the most important veterans' health care legislation
in a generation. The MISSION Act expanded health care choice options for
veterans, making it easier for millions of veterans to get timely and quality
medical care, whether at the VA or from a regular health care provider in their
communities.
Yet despite the passing of the VA MISSION Act in 2018,
veterans continue to face challenges. The VA has consistently failed to fully
implement the law. Instead of veterans having the option to seek care from
local providers, they're often stuck with multi-month wait times, asked to
drive hundreds of miles out of state to other VA facilities, or denied urgent
mental health care. The VA rarely tells veterans about their community care
eligibility.
President Biden's VA, with support from politicians like the
Senate Veterans Affairs Committee leader Jon Tester, is working overtime to
undermine the spirit of the MISSION Act every day. They would prefer that
veterans stay trapped in this broken system to justify the bloated VA budget.
On the anniversary of the MISSION Act, we should remember
that the VA's mission is to serve veterans by getting them access to the
treatment they need, not looking out for its own bureaucratic interests. The VA
should be expanding veterans' health care options, especially for mental health
treatment, not shrinking them.
It's long past time for Biden and Tester to get out of the
way so America's veterans can access the timely and quality care they have
earned. Sign this letter now to demand Congress works to hold the VA to the
law. Veterans' lives depend on it.