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Pending Legislation Puts VA Health Care at Risk

Updated: Aug 1


By VHPI Policy Director Russell B. Lemle, PhD; Joseph T. Abate, DMD, President, National Association of VA Physicians and Dentists; and Teresa Morris, Director, Advocacy and Government Relations, Nurses Organization of Veterans Affairs


“What if VA health care goes away?That was the headline of a July 6, 2023, Disabled American Veterans news article to its members. The question was not hypothetical. Legislation currently under consideration by the US Congress may make it a strong probability.


In a new piece in the Federal Practitioner, VHPI Policy Director Russell B. Lemle and his two co-authors interrogate the new proposals that threaten this system.


Read it here.


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