04/30/2024
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"I think it is principally due to telehealth."
"Veterans need deserve a thriving direct care system for generations to come, because it provides high quality, evidence-based, integrated care tailored to their unique needs."
"As well as an effective backstop to our country's health care system, VA's Fourth Mission has been critically important during this pandemic, as well as multiple other national disasters."
"And this budget allows us to continue our success in reducing veteran's homelessness, building on the success of the last decade during which we decreased veteran homelessness by 50 percent."