The VA has published new rules on how it will spend billions of dollars on private health care. Proponents say it will give veterans more choices - others fear it's a move toward privatization.
But the most controversial plank is a drastic increase in the number of veterans who will be eligible to use a private health care provider and bill the VA, in what's known as theThe VA has been defensive about the program ever since – last month VA secretary Robert Wilkie preempted the release of new regulations for private care with a statement.
VA has been sending patients to outside specialists for years - but mostly that was VA doctors doing it for clinical reasons. VCP, which started in 2014, gave vets the option of choosing a private doctor if VA care was too slow or too far away. "I was notified recently that they have not been able to find any providers in the D.C. metro region who are willing to accept the Medicare rates that Choice uses," she said.for paying providers late and confusing everyone with red tape. Williams experience has been frustrating, even though she knows the ropes - she's not only a vet, she's a former official at VA and currently directs a program on veterans at the Center for a New American Security.
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