Announcements

VA Expands Patient-Centered Community Care (PC3) Contracts to Provide Access to Primary Care

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 13, 2014 WASHINGTON — The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that primary care has been added to the services available to Veterans through VA’s Patient-Centered Community Care (PC3) contracts, a key and evolving part of the non-VA medical care program. Eligible Veterans are already able to access inpatient specialty…

Obama to VA Officials Who Engage in Cover-Ups: ‘You Should Be Fired, Period’

Signing a bill to reform the scandal-ridden Department of Veterans Affairs, President Barack Obama said any official who covers up problems within the VA should be fired and that whistleblowers must be protected. President Barack Obama, flanked by Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., left, and House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer of…