Michael Bloomberg releases plan for military families

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Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg released a policy plan for military families on Friday. The plan focuses on the economic and health concerns of military families and specifically addresses increasing access to mental health services through public-private partnerships and to fully fund the Housing and Urban Development-Veteran Affairs' supportive housing program.

The six main highlights of the plan include:

Increased access to mental health services, and provide annual mental health exams for active duty service members

Eliminate co-pays for preventative health care services and expand telehealth services to veterans in rural areas

Provide resources to cover in vitro fertilization and other fertility services for service-women and female veterans, and expand availability for childcare for military families at on-base childcare centers

Require people across the Department of Defense and in Veterans Affairs to be trained to handle reported sexual assaults

Reverse the ban on transgender Americans, and grant honorable discharge to those forced out of the service due to this plan

Fully fund HUD-VA's supportive housing program

Bloomberg's campaign highlighted some of Bloomberg's work with veterans while he was mayor, like launching the Veterans Employment Initiative and mandating that every city agency appointed a liaison to coordinate with the mayoral office veterans affairs.

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[Wellstone ruled]

1. Holy Smokies.

Game changer.

Kamala Harris Play book.

[pandr32]

2. All six are good

I do believe Bloomberg would keep his promises as well.

[democrank]

3. Good plans.

Worry less about taking care of the wealthy and more about helping our vets.