Central Montana Times

U.S. Senator Steve Daines has joined a group of Republican senators in urging Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough to address policy initiatives that they claim are impeding veterans' access to care.

"Congress has never failed to provide VA with the resources required to fulfill its mission," wrote the Senators. "If you believe that VA lacks the funding to provide the level of access to care that veterans deserve in VA and in the community, it is incumbent on you to reprioritize resources from non-patient care areas and reduce waste, fraud, and abuse, not to unilaterally implement purported cost-savings measures that, even as an unintended consequence, decrease veteran choice and endanger veteran lives."

To read the full text of the letter click HERE.