Improved Health Care for our Veterans | House Democrats

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Improved Health Care for our Veterans

September 21, 2009

Democrats voted to strengthen health care for more than 5 million veterans by investing 15% more than in 2009 for medical care, benefits claims processors, and facility improvements in the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act. For the first time, the legislation also includes advanced appropriations for FY 2011 to provide reliable and timely funding for veterans health care. (Passed by the House)

What our Members are Saying

Our veterans and troops have a legacy of going above and beyond the call of duty. This increase in funding shows that Congress respects their service and stands by their needs.

July 12, 2009

It is our moral obligation to ensure that the men and women who wore the cloth of this nation receive the best possible treatment for themselves and their families.

July 09, 2009

[The Improved Health Care for our Veterans] represents a victory for our veterans. Veterans health care should not be compromised by delays in the congressional budget cycle. Advanced funding will ensure that delivery of care is both reliable and timely.

July 09, 2009

Great strides have been made to increase VA health care funding under the leadership of the New Democratic Congress - $17.7 billion provided over the last two years.

July 09, 2009

VA funding is a critical issue and should be made a top priority, as reflected by [the Improved Health Care for our Veterans legislation.]

July 01, 2009

Featured Member

John Lewis

Representing the 5th District of GA

In 1940, John Lewis was born the son of sharecroppers in rural Alabama. As a youth, he experienced the harsh realities of segregation and racism – forced to sit apart from white children and unable to share the same privileges they did. Today, Lewis is a leader in Congress and recently witnessed the swearing-in of Barack Obama, the first American-American president of the United States. The story of John Lewis is that of the struggle to transform the world of his youth to create the vastly expanded opportunities available today.

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