Subscribe Rachael Garcia speaks at 2019 Armistice Day Ceremony on the URI Quad. Garcia, assistant director of Veteran Affairs and Military Programs at URI, was recently named by the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs as Rhode Island s 2021 Woman Veteran of the Year. (URI Photo/Nora Lewis)
KINGSTON, RI – April 28, 2021 – The University of Rhode Island s own Rachael Garcia has been named the 2021 Rhode Island Woman Veteran of the Year by the Providence Regional Office of the Veterans Benefit Administration, part of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. Garcia, URI s assistant director of Veteran Affairs and Military Programs and a tireless advocate for military veterans, active duty and military families on URI s campuses and across the state, was honored as part of a virtual ceremony on April 22.
Since the North Carolina General Assembly started its session Jan. 13, several bills have been filed that could impact local veterans, service members and military families if enacted into law.
On Wednesday, legislators unanimously approved House Bill 138, which recognizes April 24 as Wounded Heroes Day in North Carolina.
It is in honor of retired Sgt. Michael Verardo who was catastrophically wounded in Afghanistan while serving with the 82nd Airborne Division in 2010.
Here’s a look at some other bills that are pending, before the General Assembly is expected to adjourn July 2.
• Senate Bill 471 seeks to increase veteran access to healthcare in North Carolina by expanding eligibility for the Medicaid program.
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The District of Columbia district court on Tuesday granted summary judgment to the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) after the Cause of Action Institute (COA) alleged that the VA unlawfully withheld records related to a health care delivery plan for veterans.
COA had requested records under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) concerning the “pilot market assessments” created by PricewaterhouseCoopers, a VA contractor, to prepare for implementation of the Market Area Health System Optimization (MAHSO) analysis. The court explained that this was “part of a broader national plan to improve the delivery of health care to veterans.”