New VA Legislation

I don't know how many of you are in a VFW but here is the latest from the April 2010 issue. I took this article to the VFW rep here in Vancouver, Wa. and he did not know about it and ran copies of it off.



NEW LEGISLATION



A new law enacted Feb. 1 will reimburse veterans for emergency health care. Public Law 111-137

the Veterans Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009-covers vets enrolled in VA's Health Care

System.



The Law allows VA to reimburse an enrolled veteran for the cost of emergency treatment at a non-

VA facility if the veteran has outside insurance that only covers part of the cost. Previously, VA

could reimburse veterans or pay outside hospitals directly only if a vet had no outside health

insurance.



The law also allows VA to provide retroactive payments to vets who had such care before the law

went into effect. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the law will cover some 700 future

claims per year and as many as 2,000 veterans retroactively.





The VFW rep and I agree the figures are underestimated.

No need to verify.

Messge cancelled. thanks!

seeing my Medicare just got gutted by Obamacare.....chris3