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VFW National Veterans Service Director Ryan M. Gallucci met with
President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence, and senior
administration staff at the White House today to share the concerns of
America’s largest and oldest major war veterans organization. Gallucci
discussed what the VFW sees as the future for veterans’ health care, to
include consolidation of VA’s community care programs. Gallucci focused
on the VFW’s recent "Our Care 2017” report, which shows that many
veterans choose to utilize their earned VA health care benefits even
when they have other options in the community. However, Gallucci
recognized that today VA has far too many purchased care programs, which
are confusing to veterans, only exacerbating health care access issues.
The VFW is calling for a single, easily-understandable community care
program so that veterans can access their earned health care benefits
where and when they need them, serving as a complement to
the VA health care system. Gallucci also echoed VFW Commander-in-Chief
Brian Duffy’s support for the president’s proposal to reverse the impact
of sequestration on the Department of Defense in the FY 2018 budget –
one of the VFW’s top legislative priorities since the arbitrary budget
policy took effect in 2011. Gallucci also expressed the need to expedite
claim decisions and to ensure veterans who suffer from toxic wounds
receive the care and benefits they deserve. The VFW views this as the
start of a positive dialogue to ensure that the Trump administration
lives up to its promises to provide for our service members, veterans,
and their families.
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