We know that the vast majority of veterans using Choice over the last 2 years are eligible due to long wait lines, not because they live too far from a VA facility.
Jon Tester: “We know that the vast majority of veterans using Choice over the last 2 years are eligible due to long wait lines, not…”
On the recordJune 13, 2017
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Tester clarifies that veterans use the Choice Program mainly due to wait times.
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