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REPUBLICAN PRESS RELEASE
July 10, 2008
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Health Subcommittee Approves Six Bills
For more information, contact: Brian Lawrence, (202) 225-3527
Washington, D.C. — Today, the Subcommittee on Health held a markup on six
veteran health care bills: H.R. 1527 as amended, H.R. 6114, H.R. 6122,
H.R. 6366, H.R. 6439, and H.R. 6445. The bills were forwarded to the Full
Committee by voice vote.
“We have consistently worked in a bipartisan manner to move legislation to
the Full Committee to improve the delivery of health
 care
for our nation’s veterans,” Subcommittee Ranking Member Jeff Miller (R-Fla.)
said. “I am pleased to say that this tradition continues with the six
bills before us today.”
Rep. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) offered an amendment in the nature of a
substitute to legislation he introduced, H.R. 1527, the Rural Veterans’
Access to Care Act. The amendment would establish a three-year pilot
program to allow veterans residing in certain highly rural areas to
receive health care services in non-VA facilities.
“Despite our best efforts, the reality is that some veterans live in
remote areas beyond the VA’s ability to construct medical facilities to
care for them,” Moran said. “This legislation will provide the most
underserved, highly rural veterans the choice to receive care closer to
home at a local hospital or physician’s office rather than traveling hours
to VA facilities.”
Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.), Ranking Member of the Full Committee, commended
the Subcommittee for approving H.R. 6366, the Veterans’ Revenue
Enhancement Act of 2008.
“I, along with the Subcommittee Chair and Ranking Member, introduced the
bipartisan Veterans’ Revenue Enhancement Act of 2008 to help VA better
manage third-party collections, and provide additional fiscal
responsibility for the department,” Buyer said. “The Consolidated Patient
Accounting Center was established as a demonstration project in 2005. It
proved to be very successful in enhancing revenue by more than $12.5
million in fiscal year 2007 and $6.5 million so far in fiscal year 2008.
Building on this success, would enable VA to secure hundreds of millions
of dollars that currently go uncollected. These funds could be used to
further improve veterans’ health care.”
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