Marilyn Strickland said "It is quite simple. I was shocked many months ago when the VA put out a memo, and I am paraphrasing, but I am true to the spirit of the memo, which basically said, too many veterans are coming in for services and it is costing us too much money. We do not have enough money to provide those services. So henceforth, all of you who are health care providers are forbidden to market VA services to veterans. And it got quite specific. These health care providers were told they could not participate in community health fairs in their local communities. They were told they could not send out newsletters." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordMay 18, 2004

It is quite simple. I was shocked many months ago when the VA put out a memo, and I am paraphrasing, but I am true to the spirit of the memo, which basically said, too many veterans are coming in for services and it is costing us too much money. We do not have enough money to provide those services. So henceforth, all of you who are health care providers are forbidden to market VA services to veterans. And it got quite specific. These health care providers were told they could not participate in community health fairs in their local communities. They were told they could not send out newsletters.

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Marilyn Strickland

Democratic · Washington

Source

govinfo.gov

Editor's note · Context

Discussing a VA memo restricting health care providers from marketing services to veterans.

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