{"id":21595,"date":"2023-07-31T09:13:16","date_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:13:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21595"},"modified":"2023-07-31T09:13:17","modified_gmt":"2023-07-31T13:13:17","slug":"larry-have-you-heard-about-the-pact-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=21595","title":{"rendered":"\u201cLarry! Have you heard about the PACT Act?\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larry Wilson, a housekeeping aide, often makes my day during his rounds. I can count on the gentle knock on my office door and the familiar greeting, \u201cMs. Cureton, how are you today and do you need your trash emptied or a new trash bag?\u201d We talk briefly and then I turn to my computer and he to his work as the door closes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our usual small talk got serious one day when I asked Larry about his Vietnam service. The Vietnam Veteran ball cap he wears with the \u201cRanger Roll\u201d ever present.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/122161\/larry-have-you-heard-about-the-pact-act\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/news.va.gov\/122161\/larry-have-you-heard-about-the-pact-act\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"54\" class=\"wp-image-20064\" style=\"width: 225px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs.png 418w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/VA-dept-of-vet-affairs-300x72.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>&nbsp;The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source &#8211; news.va.gov) Larry Wilson, a housekeeping aide, often makes my day during his rounds. I can count on the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,7],"tags":[378,87,245],"class_list":["post-21595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legislative-update","category-veterans-benefits","tag-pact-act","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21596,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21595\/revisions\/21596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}