WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth issued the following press release:
Combat Veteran and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)-a member of the U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC)-and U.S. Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced bipartisan legislation that would eliminate out-of-pocket costs that Veterans are disproportionately forced to pay for preventative health care services they've earned through their military service. The Senators' bipartisan Copay Fairness for Veterans Act would align the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) preventive health requirements with industry standards by removing the harmful copayment requirements for preventive health services. Under current law, Veterans covered by the VA are virt...