Elizabeth Dole: “I think our earlier RAND research also pointed this out, that many of them do not see themselves as a caregiver.”

Right. Well, we know from our caregivers who are enrolled in Medicaid that the program provides valuable--it is an extra coverage or valuable supplement for some of the expenses that the VA program does not cover.

passing her namesake legislation, the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act, would make critically needed improvements to VA's home and community-based services

I hope that that piece of legislation is going to pass because if we want to foster a Nation that supports hidden heroes, all hidden heroes, these wonderful caregivers, then it is important to pass both pieces of legislation.

I do not see how we can be a nation that truly cares for our military and veteran communities if we wait another day to get this legislation passed.