Co-payments at the VA hospitals
As we know, COVID has caused many disruptions in our lives and the way many things are handled. One of them is our co-payments for using the VA hospitals or clinics.
H.R. 4554, Support Safe and Welcoming Department of Veterans Affairs Facilities for All Veterans
H.R. 4554 would require the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish and implement a comprehensive anti-harassment and anti-sexual assault policy for the Department.
Chicago City Sticker Program No-Fee Veteran Sticker
Starting on November 12, 2019 the Office of the City Clerk has expanded the terms of the No Fee City Sticker Pilot Program for many of our City's Veterans. Residents who have an unexpired Illinois Driver's License or State ID with a VETERAN designation will be eligible to receive one City Sticker for a passenger (P), large passenger (LP) or motorbike (MB) at no fee.
VA Resources and Organizations for Women Veterans
Resources and Organizations for Women Veterans. Two Events for Women Veterans on June 30th
VU Meeting November 2019 Photos
A very special Thank You to Steve Corbo, Curator and Board of Directors Member of the Italian American Veterans Museum in Stone Park, Illinois, and Tom Day, Founder of Bugles Across America, for being our special guests at our November Veterans for Unification meeting.
Underwood, Duckworth Announce Bipartisan Legislation to Make Health Care More Affordable for Veterans
Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act would eliminate copays for preventive health services including contraception, immunizations, and cancer screenings
Duckworth & Collins Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Make Preventive Healthcare More Affordable for Veterans
Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and U.S Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) re-introduced bipartisan legislation to make healthcare more affordable for America’s Veterans. Their Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act would stop forcing our nation’s Veterans to pay out-of-pocket costs for essential preventive health medications and prescription drugs and add preventive medications and services to the list of no-fee treatments that VA covers. Under current law, Veterans are forced to pay co-pays for preventive healthcare services that servicemembers, military retirees and civilians with private insurance plans receive for no out-of-pocket cost.
Congresswomen introduce bill aimed to make preventive health care more affordable for veterans
Veterans should not have to pay copays for preventive health services and should get supportive care for breastfeeding without cost-sharing -- like many civilians, according to a new bill filed by two congresswomen.
Collins cosponsors bill to end military copays for preventive health services
U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced a bipartisan bill to ensure United States military veterans do not have copays for preventive healthcare services.
HR 3932/S 1573, Veterans Preventive Health Coverage Fairness Act
Veterans for Unification request that you contact your Representatives in Congress and urge them to cosponsor these two bills, H. R. 3932 and H. R. 96.