LGBTQ Nation
VA bans doctors from referring trans veterans to private gender-affirming care providers
Doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have been instructed to stop providing forms and support letters that refer veterans to private medical providers for gender-affirming care. Veterans ...
VA Secretary Collins focused on upgrades to veterans health care
In his first year, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Doug Collins is celebrating wins, while targeting issues such as ...
Stars and Stripes
VA gives veterans a year of uninterrupted private health care for 30 different medical specialties
WASHINGTON — From cardiology and eye care to addiction treatment and mental health counseling, 30 different types of private medical services will be available to veterans for up to a year without ...
Military.com
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties
Veterans seeking care in the Department of Veterans Affairs' community care program in 30 specialties will not have to get reauthorization from the VA for a year under a new policy announced by the ...
Military Times
VA to ease authorization rules for some outside care, raising concerns
Veterans wait to get prescriptions filled at the pharmacy in the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif., on April 2, 2015. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP) Veterans Affairs ...