In the last couple of months Congress has introduced several
bills that affect veterans’ health care.
The Veterans Access to Child Care Act would make it possible
for eligible veterans receiving certain types of care at a VA facility to
receive help with child care.
To be eligible, a veteran must be the primary caregiver for
one or more children and be receiving either mental health care or other types
of intensive health care at a VA facility that require them to travel back and
forth in order to receive that care. A veteran would also be eligible if he or
she is in need of such health care but not able to get it because of a lack of
child care.
Child care assistance may include care provided at an
on-site child care center at the VA facility or financial assistance of some
sort to help pay for care at a licensed child care facility.
The Chiropractic Care Available to All Veterans Act of 2015,
introduced in the Senate earlier this month, would require the VA to provide
chiropractic services to all veterans at VA medical facilities. The timeline to
put this into place would require chiropractic care to be available at a
minimum of seventy-five VA medical centers by the end of 2016 and in all VA
medical facilities by the end of 2018.
These bills have just been introduced, so there is no way of
knowing at this point if they will ever become law. However, we are encouraged
that these issues are being looked at as ways to improve veterans’ access to
improved care and quality of life. We will keep an eye on them and keep you
informed about their progress.
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