The bipartisan bill expands in-home care for veterans and mental health support for caregivers.
The House of Representatives passed the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act this month. The bipartisan effort would enhance veterans’ healthcare, particularly for aging veterans and their caregivers. The bill focuses on expanding access to home-based and community-based care, allowing more veterans to receive medical treatment at home instead of nursing facilities.
The legislation would also increase financial support for in-home care, raising coverage from 65 percent to 100 percent of nursing home costs. It includes a mental health care grant program for family caregivers and closes loopholes to ensure burial benefits are preserved for hospice patients.
“For nearly two years we have been listening to the veteran community to find the gaps within VA’s services to build a VA that meets the needs of today’s community and puts veterans — not government bureaucracy — at the center of the system,” House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chair Mike Bost of Illinois stated. “[This bill] will help to meet that mission head-on.”
As the Lord Leads, Pray with Us…
- For Speaker Johnson to be led by God as he heads the House of Representatives.
- For members of the Senate as they consider the veterans health legislation.
Sources: NavyTimes, The Hill
