Jerry Moran

Do disabled American veterans know about that program? Anything that you want to share with me or just I will use this as an opportunity to remind myself and the VA that pause has been going now for months.

And are there other reasons? Perhaps you are suggesting that a provider within the VA would be reluctant to make the referral because the lack of communication between----

What is the current capability?

who loses? The veteran.

I found very interesting because it allows us to get the veteran care where they are at.

I am often told, here is the policy. Senator Moran, we have got the policy that you want.

There is no VA hospital, and it is hours to drive for almost every veteran to a VA hospital.

I want--it is a goal of mine--to make sure there are no artificial, unnecessary impediments, or no bias against a veteran who chooses or needs care quickly or needs care because of geography, that the VA is not making those referrals in a…

we find that the gaps continue.

This is about the veteran.

That was not the answer I was soliciting, but I appreciate the fact that you took extra--greater willingness to go another step to make a difference.

for 10 years, we have been trying to figure out how we can get the Department of Veterans Affairs to provide health care in more locations by using community care.

I want to hear what you had to say, but I also thought of another issue.

I would like to know if it, which is now operational--does it give you additional authorities, make it easier for a veteran to get nursing home in a community, or unchanged?

I think there is--it is difficult for families and veterans to determine the long-term care resources that are available to them.

Your authorities preceded the Choice Act. So when you use the word 'choice' in one of those three options, it is really not related to the Choice Act, correct?

I would like to know if it, which is now operational--does it give you additional authorities, make it easier for a veteran to get nursing home in a community, or unchanged?

One of the provisions that we have included in the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act is to require the VA to inform veterans and caregivers participating in PCAFC programs their eligibility in other long-term care programs.

I think there is--it is difficult for families and veterans to determine the long-term care resources that are available to them.

Would you assure me that there are no particular biases in the VA toward care within a VA facility versus a veteran who chooses his or her care to occur in a community?

Your authorities preceded the Choice Act. So when you use the word 'choice' in one of those three options, it is really not related to the Choice Act, correct?

What should happen when a small-town nursing home comes to me and says: We would like to care for our veterans in our community, but we have no contract with the VA. What can you do to help us?

Would you assure me that there are no particular biases in the VA toward care within a VA facility versus a veteran who chooses his or her care to occur in a community?

One of the provisions that we have included in the Elizabeth Dole Home Care Act is to require the VA to inform veterans and caregivers participating in PCAFC programs their eligibility in other long-term care programs.

What should happen when a small-town nursing home comes to me and says: We would like to care for our veterans in our community, but we have no contract with the VA. What can you do to help us?