News From the Cause
Rule changes will give 265,000 veteran health care: (STARS & STRIPES)
June 16, 2009
Veterans Affairs officials plan to add more than 266,000 veterans to the health care program by October 2010, part of a new effort by the White House to expand coverage to those left out of the system in recent years. Philip Matkovsky, deputy chief business officer for VA member services, said as many as 4,000 new veterans could be enrolled in the next few weeks, and the department will send out letters to nearly half a million others asking them to reapply and see if they qualify under the new rules. click here to view
