Veterans ask judge to end VA ‘stonewalling,’ identify officials behind health care restrictions
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A veterans group on Friday asked a federal court to force VA to explain restrictions on health care it is imposing against veterans in violation of federal law.
Last year, Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) sued the VA to gain access to documents related to VA's implementation of the MISSION Act, and in July 2022, a judge in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ordered VA to comply with that request. The order committed VA to producing 500 pages of records per month. Pete Kasperowicz is a politics editor at Fox News Digital.
CVA says the judge’s order has revealed documents that show the VA is actively working against the idea of private-sector choice. For example, documents reveal the VA is lowballing patient wait times in order to make them ineligible for private-sector care, and has issued training documents instructing VA health care workers not to discuss private care options with veterans.