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Washington Post – Trump readies new VA health plan as report slams defective Choice Program

“As if on cue, a report issued Monday was critical of a veterans health-care program that is being replaced by one that President Trump will sign into law Wednesday. The current, defective program will stay in place for another year while the new one is readied.”

“That one-year transition to the operation under the new VA Mission Act is a good thing, because the hurried ramp-up to the disparaged Veterans Choice Program contributed to its downfall.”

“Monday’s Government Accountability Office (GAO) report hit the Choice Program on multiple fronts. Choice allows Department of Veterans Affairs health-care patients to receive…” Read the full article here.

Source: Trump readies new VA health plan as report slams defective Choice Program – By Joe Davidson, June 5, 2018. The Washington Post.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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