Senate passes bill allowing VA to vaccinate all veterans, spouses

[James48]

8. I said 60% of veterans are enrolled.

And roughly 40% cannot obtain care today.

That’s a fact. Yes, 40% of veterans are not enrolled today, and most of those not enrolled cannot obtain care, because they fall into sub categories that are non-service connected, non-disabled, not enrolled prior to 2003, and are over the poverty level to qualify under group 8. (e and g, or were earlier group 8’s who lost coverage when their income went up, or were otherwise no longer continuously enrolled.)

I didn’t make that stat up. That comes from the VA.

There are about 18 million veterans in the USA. Only about 8.7 milllion are enrolled in VA health care. The rest are not. And currently, only some of those can enroll and get care. Millions cannot.

That’s why we need this bill.