House unveils VA Choice compromise bill

Modern Healthcare: A key House committee on Thursday released compromise legislation to move forward with long-stalled VA Choice reforms.

House and Senate lawmakers and administration officials for months brokered a package that would require VA facilities to meet certain standards or release veterans to community providers; it would also will launch a mandatory review of the VA's medical assets. Congressional and administrative aides view the House introduction as the quickest way forward for the legislation. The House Veterans' Affairs Committee is scheduled to debate the package May 8.

President Donald Trump wants to sign the package into law by Memorial Day and has urged swift movement on Choice over the last few weeks. Hours before House VA Committee Chair Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) released the legislation, the president took to Twitter to discuss it again.

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