WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer issued the following press release:
The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) examined U.S. Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Tim Sheehy's (R-MT) legislation to improve veterans access to local care options, the Critical Access for Veterans Care Act. This bill would allow veterans living in rural America to seek health care services at local Critical Access Hospitals or Rural Health Clinics.
"The Community Care program literally can be a lifeline," said Cramer."[What] prevents it from being a lifeline as often as it ought to be is all of the roadblocks that get put up. [...] After hearing from veterans and rural health care providers and leaders across North Dakota, I proposed a solution with Se...