Measure would allow VA to give coronavirus vaccine to any veteran and most caregivers February 24 Air Force Lt. Col. Roy Loque, 17th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron commander, readies a COVID-19 vaccination at the Mathis Fitness Center on Goodfellow Air Force Base in Texas on Jan. 20, 2021. (Senior Airman Abbey Rieves/Air Force) Any veteran or their caregiver would be eligible to receive a coronavirus vaccine at Veterans Affairs medical centers under a new bipartisan proposal unveiled Wednesday. But the plan doesn’t guarantee enough vaccines will be available at VA facilities for every veteran in America, which may limit its effectiveness.
As COVID-19 upends fundraising for Pennsylvaniaâs already strapped volunteer fire services, more departments are trying to recoup money spent on emergency services by billing insurance providers. Shawn Mederâs ringing phone can attest.
Meder, president and owner of Pa Fire Recovery Service LLC, a Macungie-based company that works with fire departments â including 79 in Northeast Pennsylvania â to bill insurance companies, said that prior to COVID-19, heâd get one or two phone calls in a week from fire officials seeking information on how they can collect.
Now, thatâs a normal day.
âCOVID and the lack of fundraising is definitely the driving force right now,â Meder said.
Montana’s only congressman, Rep. Matt Rosendale, has been tapped as the top Republican on the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization – an appointment he said will help Montana veterans better access their benefits.
Montana’s only congressman, Rep. Matt Rosendale, has been tapped as the top Republican on the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Technology Modernization – an appointment he said will help Montana veterans better access their benefits.
More than 75 bills related to the environment have been filed at the Indiana General Assembly, a swell that was somewhat unexpected in a year when lawmakers are facing major issues such as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, racial inequality and widespread economic hardship.
Some of the bills could mean big steps forward for reducing Indiana’s carbon emissions footprint, boosting “green” industries in the state and cleaning up Indiana’s water and air.
On the other end of the spectrum, other bills could repeal entire laws protecting the state’s natural wetlands or potentially limit Hoosiers’ ability to protect themselves from factory farm pollution.