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Congress is expected to vote within weeks on the "Take Care of America's Veterans Act," a roughly 60-measure bundle built on the VA MISSION Act of 2018 foundation, as a Rasmussen Reports survey conducted with Veteran Action shows only 53% of military voters rate the Trump administration's handling of veterans' issues positively — and just 57% of likely military voters say they would back the Republican candidate.
Bill's Scope and Policy Backstory The legislation incorporates the "Veterans' ACCESS Act" and the "Major Richard Star Act," and would codify veterans' right to choose between VA and community care.
The MISSION Act, signed in 2018, first established that choice. The Biden administration narrowed it, and wait times at VA facilities lengthened.
A VA inspector general investigation found that delays at the Fayetteville, Ark., VA contributed to a cancer patient's death.
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