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This resolution recognizes the critical role of community care in supporting veterans' healthcare needs. Reflecting on a 2018 crisis in VA healthcare access, the resolution highlights the VA MISSION Act, which expanded veterans' ability to receive care in their communities when VA facilities cannot meet their needs. The resolution emphasizes that community care has proven to be a vital complement to VA healthcare, offering benefits such as greater convenience, accessibility, and choice—particularly for rural veterans, those with transportation challenges, and those requiring specialized treatment. It acknowledges that VA data shows community care is cost-effective and strengthens veteran trust, and that veterans and their families consistently affirm the importance of community care in providing access to essential services like oncology, mental health, emergency, and pain management. The resolution formally recognizes community care as an essential healthcare tool, affirms that it complements rather than threatens the VA's mission, urges the VA to fully implement the 2018 MISSION Act, and reaffirms the Senate's commitment to ensuring timely, high-quality, affordable, and veteran-centered care, whether provided in VA facilities or community settings.

Military Affairs and Security

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-resolution/492/all-info