{"id":41138,"date":"2018-05-29T17:21:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-29T17:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/05\/29\/va-choice-program-wont-run-out-of-money-this-week\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:24:34","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:24:34","slug":"va-choice-program-wont-run-out-of-money-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/veterans\/2018\/05\/29\/va-choice-program-wont-run-out-of-money-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"VA Choice program won\u2019t run out of money this week"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 Patients using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/04\/30\/vas-next-big-problem-key-health-care-program-is-running-out-of-money-again\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the Veterans Affairs Choice program<\/a> for medical care won\u2019t see appointments interrupted in the next two weeks, even if it takes the White House a few extra days to sign new funding for the service into law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA officials repeatedly warned this month that up to 30,000 appointments a day could be canceled or delayed if new funding for the four-year-old community care program <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blogs.va.gov\/VAntage\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/LettersfromActingSecWilkie.pdf\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">wasn\u2019t finalized by May 31<\/a>. The program allows veterans who face significant wait times or travel for VA care to instead visit a private doctor at taxpayer expense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA Choice has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/04\/11\/vets-groups-and-lawmakers-say-theyre-against-it-but-what-does-privatization-of-veterans-affairs-really-mean\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">controversial since its establishment<\/a> in the wake of the 2014 VA wait times scandal, but department officials said since its inception it has helped nearly 2 million veterans receive faster care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last week, Congress overwhelmingly finalized new legislation (dubbed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2018\/05\/16\/sweeping-veterans-policy-bill-passed-overwhelmingly-in-the-house\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\" target=\"_blank\">the \u201cVA Mission Act\u201d)<\/a> that would phase out the Choice program in favor of a new array of community care offerings, consolidated from seven separate current VA programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/veterans\/2018\/05\/23\/massive-veterans-policy-bill-heads-to-trumps-desk-but-results-will-take-time\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"203\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP_821518132423.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Massive veterans policy bill heads to Trump\u2019s desk, but results will take time<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Provisions for new community care rules and caregiver stipend expansion won&#039;t happen overnight.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">That work is expected to take a year. To ensure that current Choice patients don\u2019t have their care plans disrupted while that work takes place, lawmakers included $5.2 billion in bridge funding for the existing VA Choice program, expected to last about a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But President Donald Trump has yet to sign that measure into law. White House officials have not said when that may happen, even though he already has voiced his support for the legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VA officials on Tuesday said even if that doesn\u2019t take place before their previously stated May 31 deadline, the program \u201chas sufficient funding to continue normal operations uninterrupted until the Mission Act is signed into law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump must sign the legislation into law in early June or veto the measure, something that could be easily overridden by Congress given the wide margins of passage for the bill in both chambers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Tuesday, Trump mentioned the VA Choice program on Twitter as part of a list of issues that were more important than ongoing Department of Justice investigations into his administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Mission Act also includes new rules for expansion of the VA 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