The Associated Press
Proposed new Veterans Affairs medical facilities, part of an agreement reached Sunday between House and Senate leaders negotiating a bill to reform the Veterans Affairs Department and improve veterans’ access to health care. CBOC stands for community based outpatient clinic, or a walk-in clinic.
Phoenix — BOC
Chico, Calif. — CBOC
Chula Vista, Calif. — CBOC
Redding, Calif. — CBOC
San Diego, Calif. — CBOC
West Haven, Conn. — Homeless drop-in center
New Port Richey, Fla. — Outpatient clinic
Cobb County, Ga. — CBOC
Leeward Oahu, Hawaii — Outpatient health access center
Hines, Ill. — Research
Johnson County, Kan. — CBOC
Lafayette, La. — CBOC
Lake Charles, La. — CBOC
Worcester, Mass. — CBOC
Cape Girardeau, Mo. — CBOC
Brick, N.J. — CBOC
Albuquerque, N.M. — Clinical research and pharmacological center
Lincoln, Neb. — CBOC
Tulsa, Okla. — CBOC
Puerto Rico — Ponce Outpatient clinic
Charleston, S.C. — Primary care and dental annex
Myrtle Beach, S.C. — CBOC consolidation
Chattanooga, Tenn. — Multispecialty clinic
San Antonio, Texas — Lease consolidation
Tyler, Texas — CBOC
Houston — Research
Lubbock, Texas — CBOC
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan deal to improve veterans’ health care would authorize at least $17 billion to fix the health program scandalized by long patient wait times and falsified records covering up delays, the bill’s chief supporters said Monday.
The agreement includes $10 billion in emergency spending to make it easier for veterans who can’t get prompt appointments with Veterans Affairs doctors to obtain outside care; $5 billion to hire doctors, nurses and other medical staff; and about $1.5 billion to lease 27 new clinics across the country, the chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees said.
The bill also would expand a scholarship program for veterans to include surviving spouses of military members who died in the line of duty, allow all veterans to qualify for in-state college tuition, and grant the Veterans Affairs secretary authority to immediately fire senior executives, while providing employees with streamlined appeal rights.