by Rikki Almanza | Feb 21, 2025
Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are taking steps to ensure that Veterans do not experience a lapse in health insurance coverage after completing their military service. Rep. Young Kim (R-Calif.) has reintroduced the Combat Veterans Pre-Enrollment Act, H.R.8312, a bill that...
by Rikki Almanza | Feb 12, 2025
Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Representative Mike Bost (R-Ill.), chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, along with Senator John Kennedy (R-La.), have recently reintroduced legislation designed to safeguard Veterans’ Second Amendment...
by Rikki Almanza | Feb 5, 2025
Congress is reviewing legislation that will make it easier for Veterans to access health care outside the VA. The Veterans Health Care Freedom Act, introduced by Rep. Andy Biggs (R-Ariz.) in December, would remove pre-approval requirements for non-VA medical services,...
by Rikki Almanza | Jan 30, 2025
In a move fulfilling a campaign promise, President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Monday reinstating Service Members who were discharged for refusing to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The order, which Trump has called an “unjust” policy,...
by Rikki Almanza | Jan 28, 2025
Update 1: it is currently unclear if and how the Trump administration’s separate offer to all federal employees to resign in exchange for eight month’s severance will impact the VA. Update 2: All VA grant, loan, and financial assistance programs have been...
by Rikki Almanza | Jan 24, 2025
While first responders worked to combat the Los Angeles Fires, a group of wildland firefighters and Marine Corps Veterans made a special stop to visit 108-year-old Joe Harris, a World War II Veteran and one of the last surviving members of the historic 555th Parachute...
