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    Commentary: Planned cut to VA funding for ambulances would harm our nation’s veterans

    Unless stopped, the Department of Veterans Affairs is set to knock over a domino that may drastically harm veterans’ health care and then spread to the general community. In a cost-cutting measure on track to take effect early next year, the VA plans to sever a critical link between veterans and medical facilities by significantly slashing reimbursements for the ambulances that transport them. ...
    by William Enyart, Chicago Tribune Sep 21, 2023 2 minutes
    Sgt. 1st Class Keith Greenwood salutes during a Veterans Day event at Soldier Field on Nov. 11, 2022, in Chicago.

    Unless stopped, the Department of Veterans Affairs is set to knock over a domino that may drastically harm veterans’ health care and then spread to the general community.

    In a cost-cutting measure on track to take effect early next year, the VA plans to sever a critical link between veterans and medical facilities by significantly slashing reimbursements for the ambulances that transport them.

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