WASHINGTON, April 2 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn issued the following news release:
The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) passed bipartisan legislation introduced byU.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) that would make it easier for veterans who live in rural areas to access the care they've earned. The Senators' Improving Access to Care for Rural Veterans Act would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to establish agreements between its own medical centers and civilian medical facilities in rural areas, thereby strengthening available resources to make VA care more widely accessible for the nearly 3 million veterans who live in those communities and face unique challenges to readily acce...