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S 2649 114th Congress Senate Armed Forces and National Security Health care costs and insurance Hospital care Veterans' medical care

Veterans Choice Equal Cost for Care Act of 2016

Introduced: March 8, 2016 Introduced by: Rounds, Mike Republican · South Dakota See on congress.gov
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Mar 8, 2016
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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Veterans Choice Equal Cost for Care Act of 2016

This bill amends the Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act of 2014 to permit the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recover or collect reasonable charges for hospital care or medical services from a health-care plan when an eligible veteran is furnished such care or services for a non-service-connected disability.

The VA shall have the primary (and sole) responsibility to pay any related health insurance cost sharing amount.

An eligible veteran shall not pay a greater amount for receiving hospital care or medical services than the amount the veteran would pay for receiving the same or comparable care or services at a VA medical facility or from a VA health care provider. (The bill repeals the VA's secondary responsibility to pay the costs of care in such circumstances.)

What's happening now March 8, 2016

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

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Cornyn, John
Texas · Apr 7, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2649: Veterans Choice Equal Cost for Care Act of 2016. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-2649/
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