Congress OKs veterans homes VA funding gap fix
Kevin Miller, Washington bureau chief for Maine Today, wrote about the recent funding issues that have made long-term care hard to get in VA communities because of a VA funding gap. Maine’s Rep. Mike Michaud authored the bill.
WASHINGTON – Congress has approved legislation that aims to address a federal funding problem that veterans homes officials say is discouraging them from taking in some disabled and elderly veterans who need long-term care.
The changes are in an omnibus veterans affairs bill that’s on its way to President Obama.
Operators of state-affiliated veterans homes in Maine and other states pushed for language authored by U.S. Rep. Mike Michaud, D-Maine, to address the funding problem. Read more in today’s Portland Press Herald