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S p was off by close to four points. You could see this morning theres green arrows but we saw this yesterday at this time. Right now the dow futures are up by 53 points by fair value and the nasdaq up by close to 13 points. We had a couple of big stories were watching this morning. We had a flood of economic data. We have import export prices and in global news. Lowering a key rate to 1. 75 and then a Business Update Conference Call coming up at 10 00 a. M. Eastern time. The company has come under a lot of fire. It doesnt meet californias admission standards. Shares got a boost though yesterd...

Eligibility. The lack of systemwide training for frontline staff has resulted in veterans receiving dated or misleading information to va continues must contain to improve this process and training to ensure that all veterans who are eligible for the program are given the opportunity to participate. Our second report found a decrease in satisfaction among veterans to receive nonva care. This is a direct result of veterans not being able to find Viable Options in the private sector. The 40mile standard used established geographic raised eligibility for the Veterans Choice Program was based on e...

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 t...

At the same time, weve had a large increase in care in the community, choice hasnt worked as intended. Here are some things were doing to fix it. On april 24th we changed the measure from Straight Line to driving distance. Using the fastest route. This roughly doubles the number of veterans eligible for the 40mile program under choice. Excuse me. But there is much more to do. A followon mailing to all eligible veterans is about to go out. Weve Just Launched a major change in internal processes to make choice the default option for care in the community. Additional staff training and communicat...

Affairs adviser for concerned veterans for america. Joseph violante, National Legislative director of disabled american veterans. Mr. Bill raush who is missing in action right now. Or awol. Political director for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, and carlos fuentes, senior legislative associate for the veterans of foreign wars. Well start with you, mr. Butler. Chairman, Ranking Member blumenthal, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of our national commander, michael ham, and the 2. 3 million members of the American Legion, we thank you for this opportunity to testify ...