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Medical help from private providers if they cant get it at the va or if they live too far away from a va facility. The program was first established in response to the va crisis in 2014. But was set to expire this year. As Craig Boswell reports lawmakers voted unanimously in the senate to extend it. Reporter President Trump focused on veterans wednesday morning. First, he held a closed door meeting with va secretary david shul kin and then he signed legislation that continues a va program that allows veterans to seek medical treatment through private providers if they cant get the treatment th...