Advocates push bill for aging and disabled vets as VA secretary attacks $1.7B price tag

Hours after McDonough discussed the omnibus bill at his monthly news conference, a coalition of Veterans organizations held their own news conference at the Washington headquarters of the Veterans of Foreign Wars to voice support for the bill. the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, which contains 22 provisions for providing Veterans’ health benefits and services in community-based settings and at home, including an expansion of Veteran-Directed Care Program.