Spreading fast in yemen let us hope more aid will start to arrive. Tomorrow. We look at life in one of the deescalation is a tricycle used to be safe havens for syrian civilians. Pope francis expresses pain and shame over chinese sex abuse scandal three churches were attacked as his trip got on the way. Venezuela confirms that a rogue Police Officer who attacked government buildings last year died in a shootout with armed forces. And im. With all the day sports news including. Im here now to tell someone what to tell every. Almost one hundred victims of sexual abuse by a u. S. Gymnastics team doctor tell a judge their story says he prepares to be sentenced. The World Health Organization says a defeat outbreak in yemen is spreading quickly and has a high fatality rate almost seven hundred people have now been affected and forty eight people have died from the disease in the past four months the number of cases is doubled since december eighth and her data the worst hit of yemens ninetee
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Issued one would ask why to be a issue so many choice cards . Nevertheless the American Legion is optimistic that the recent rule change by eliminating the straightline rule and using the actual driving distance will allow more veterans access to health care under the Choice Program. The American Legion believes if va were to move forward with the rule change to include the va medical facility that can provide the needed medical care or Services Everyone would see increases in minimization and access to nonva health care. The American Legion applauds the senate for unanimously reminding the department of Veterans Affairs they have the obligation to provide nonva care where they cannot offer the same treatment as one of its own facilities within the 40mile driving distance from the veterans homes. We now call upon the house to take up h. R. 572 the veterans access to Community Care act and ensured its swift passage. Lets get these bills to the president s desk and make sure we have taki
We have a vote on the floor which should be over in the next ten minutes. I will talk a little bit and tell you what i want you to know. I will start with testimony from sloan gibson. Make the note that his staff said that was okay. I want to take extra time because this is an important hearing. Last year culminating with the passage of the veterans choice bill problems in raleigh, denver come orlando and answers that were in completed for understandable reasons. Just left about a year early. Gone as well. There was a transition. There is no excuse for the plethora of problems, and the transition should have been much better, but was not. Va demonstrated that they were finally listening. All i was hearing was nothing but stonewall until finally sloan walked into the hearing, pulled out a new rule to make the number of miles driven which i think everyone in this committee appreciates and agrees with. I believe we are satisfactorily working toward the care you need. It will happen in the
Thought. So explain your logic in terms of not allowing them to make that choice than elves. We have spent a great deal of time talking about this. One of the things for us to keep in mind is that 81 of the veterans we provide care for have Medicare Medicaid or some form of private Health Insurance. Oftentimes what you see today, you mention this fact earlier that the veterans have given the option for toys and somewhat elect to stay in and that is precisely what happens today. Roughly half of 40 to 50 depending on whos the survey you are listening to. I would tell you my perspective part of those are deciding to stay because they are getting great care and they enjoy the camaraderie with other veterans, they have continuity of care because they have been receiving care for a long time and others come there because they have an economic and others come there. So they have 20 copay for a procedure and you look at that colonoscopy or whatever it happens to be where the Knee Replacement w