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Steve Buyer: “Mr. Speaker, this bill represents the culmination of years of hard work on behalf of the most pressing issues facing the…”

On the recordJuly 30, 1996
Mr. Speaker, this bill represents the culmination of years of hard work on behalf of the most pressing issues facing the Department of Veterans Affairs, that being eligibility reform. Anyone who has been to a VA hospital knows how difficult it can be to access the VA health care system. The patchwork of confusing and complex rules governing accessibility often defy medical common sense. H.R. 3118 goes a long way to change this system while staying within the current budget constraints. This bill requires the VA to manage its medical services through a system of priorities, giving service-connected veterans the top priority. We have some very difficult issues that face us, that being the veterans' community... how we visualize that system into the future is going to require some real leadership. This is a transition bill.
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Steve Buyer
Indiana
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Discussing H.R. 3118 and its impact on veterans' health care eligibility reform.

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