{"id":24742,"date":"2025-08-06T08:12:37","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24742"},"modified":"2025-08-06T08:12:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T12:12:37","slug":"congress-looks-to-ease-restrictions-on-veterans-use-of-non-va-clinics-and-hospitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=24742","title":{"rendered":"Congress Looks To Ease Restrictions on Veterans\u2019 Use of Non-VA Clinics and Hospitals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Tony Leys for KFF Health News)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WATERLOO, Iowa \u2014 John-Paul Sager appreciates the care he has received at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics, but he thinks it should be easier for veterans like him to use their benefits elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sager, a Marine Corps and Army veteran, uses his VA coverage for non-VA treatment of back injuries stemming from his military service. But he said he sometimes must make several phone calls to obtain approval to see a local chiropractor. \u201cIt seems like it takes entirely too long,\u201d he said.  Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/veterans-rural-care-private-facilities-legislation\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/kffhealthnews.org\/news\/article\/veterans-rural-care-private-facilities-legislation\/\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"17\" class=\"wp-image-21118\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image.png 500w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/image-300x34.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The 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>(By Tony Leys for KFF Health News) WATERLOO, Iowa \u2014 John-Paul Sager appreciates the care he has received at Department<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,10,587,7],"tags":[174,410,87,245],"class_list":["post-24742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-health-care-redesign","category-legislative-update","category-rural-health","category-veterans-benefits","tag-legislation","tag-rural-health","tag-veterans","tag-veterans-health-care"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24742","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=24742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24743,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24742\/revisions\/24743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}