The Senate has added a change to a VA Choice program that moves care for veteranscloser to privatization.
According to a Modern Healthcare report, after "months of work by the Trump administration, a key senator and even the Koch brothers," the bipartisan Senate bill has seen the addition of a change to the VA Choice program that would require VA facilities to meet certain standards to qualify as preferred treatment centers.
The move is contrary to what was advocated by Veterans Affairs Secretary Dr. David Shulkin, and boosts fears that it could speed up privatization of the VA health care system, especially since it reflects the heavy involvement of the political action committee of Concerned Veterans for America, a not-for-profit funded by conservative megadonors Charles and David Koch.
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