Languages: English. Millions of veterans rely on VA health care and face ongoing challenges of access, delays and administrative hurdles. Since 2019, the MISSION Act has allowed veterans to seek ...

Under rules announced by VA leaders this week, veterans seeking medical care outside the VA system will no longer need a secondary referral. (Atlanta VA Health Care System) Veterans Affairs ...

“I have one purpose and one purpose alone, and that is to make the VA exactly what it’s supposed to be,” Collins told the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee on Thursday. “And that is to ...

The letter from House Oversight and Government Reform Ranking Member Gerry Connolly, D-Va., follows Government Executive’s reporting that VA was requiring employees working on the department’s ...

The executive order, signed by Trump in an Oval Office ceremony, would also mandate reduced wait times for veterans health care appointments through expanded hours at VA facilities and relaxed ...

Sponsor Message Blumenthal responded that the secretary has failed to explain how he would reach his stated goal of returning the VA to its 2019 size without affecting care. "It simply cannot be done.

VA Secretary Doug Collins appeared in front of the Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs for the first time Tuesday, where he faced contentious questioning over staffing upheavals at the VA.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins told senators Tuesday that downsizing the VA workforce is essential to reforming a bloated system, despite bipartisan concerns that the plan lacks ...

Languages: English and some Welsh. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has announced a major three-part initiative to simplify and speed up how survivors and dependents of deceased veterans ...

But dozens of internal emails obtained by ProPublica reveal a far different reality. Doctors and others at VA hospitals and clinics across the country have been sending often desperate messages to ...

When beloved Colorado Springs mental health counselor Michael Sunich died in March 2024, dozens of his patients — veterans who knew their “doc” had continued to treat them, even when the ...