Caring for veterans in the VCCP is cheaper on a per-patient basis than it is in the VA and rising VA costs are not the result of the VCCP
Health Care
Americans deserve a health care system that provides universal—and universally affordable—coverage for today’s Americans, and a fiscally sustainable system for the generations to come. All Americans should have the freedom to choose among a wide variety of plans that suit their needs. Taxpayer-funded subsidies should be reserved for the poor, the sick and the vulnerable—not the wealthy. Enabling competition and curtailing the power of health care monopolies will lower patients’ costs and increase innovation in patient care.
All Health Care
While reducing wait times and increasing access to health care for many veterans are vast improvements, there is more that can be done to provide veterans with the health care choices they deserve
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