(Bloomberg) — Top House and Senate negotiators reached an agreement that includes $15 billion to help ease U.S. military veterans' long waits for care, according to a summary congressional staffs are providing to veterans' groups.
The deal expands the type of non-VA hospitals and clinics where veterans could receive care, authorizes leases for 27 new VA facilities, and allows the Department of Veterans Affairs secretary to fire senior executives and create penalties for falsifying data.
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