President Signs Veterans Bill

[jbasser]

Now the VA has to pay for emergency treatment or at least the part that insurance companies dont cover.

President Barack Obama recently signed the Veterans' Emergency Care Fairness Act of 2009. The new law will enable the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to reimburse veterans enrolled in VA health care for the remaining cost of emergency treatment 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 veteran has no outside health insurance.

This is information only, absolutely no political comments will be tolerated.

J

[Vync]

Good find jbasser! Here's the link:

http://www.vawatchdog.org/10/nf10/nffeb10/nf020310-3.htm

Important! Read the underlined part here:

In addition to reimbursing veterans for emergency care in the future, the bill allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide retroactive reimbursements for care received prior to the passage of this bill. Akaka has received correspondence from veterans who were unable to receive financial assistance under the previous rules, and plans to share their information with Secretary Shinseki.

Note: If you have a co-pay, they won't reimburse you for that.

[Pete53]

This is wonderful news especially with the VA being long distances for most Veterans and an Emergency is an Emergency.

[halos2]

About time someone is trying to look out for veterans in any way or manner to assist them. Thanks for posting this John.

[Signal6]

is this only for SC issues that are an emergency or anything?

[john999]

Just for emergency I think from the way I read it.

[gp747]

well say you are 50% bipolar and you have been getting treated for esophical stricture ,hiatial hernia and you find yourself with some food stuck in your throat and have to go to the emergency room to have it removed.

not being serviced connected for the hiatial hernia ect. would you be covered in this case?