Stop Senator Tester’s Denial of Veteran Mental Health Care
Our nation’s veterans deserve better
Despite its name, Senator John Tester’s Making Community Care Work for Veterans Act of 2023 is a slap in the face to veterans who need urgent mental health care.
This socialized veteran health care bill makes it harder for veterans to get the care they need. It increases the burden on community care providers seeking to give veterans timely care outside of VA hospitals, making it harder for veterans to find community providers at a time they need them more than ever.
Worse, the bill creates enormous challenges for veterans in need of critical mental health support – with a minimum three day wait period for veterans who can’t get a bed at a VA clinic, and the possibility that veterans in Montana will be asked to travel to Denver or Oklahoma City – or even as far as California or New York – just to get the care they’ve earned.
This isn’t a solution for our nation’s heroes. This do nothing bill won’t work, and it won’t help veterans get the care they need. Veterans take their own lives every day as they struggle with the internal burdens of their service – they deserve better than what Senator Tester is giving them. Congress must instead pass legislation that will fundamentally rebuild the VA system to focus on caring for veterans instead of propping up bureaucracy and red tape.
This socialized veteran health care bill makes it harder for veterans to get the care they need. It increases the burden on community care providers seeking to give veterans timely care outside of VA hospitals, making it harder for veterans to find community providers at a time they need them more than ever.
Worse, the bill creates enormous challenges for veterans in need of critical mental health support – with a minimum three day wait period for veterans who can’t get a bed at a VA clinic, and the possibility that veterans in Montana will be asked to travel to Denver or Oklahoma City – or even as far as California or New York – just to get the care they’ve earned.
This isn’t a solution for our nation’s heroes. This do nothing bill won’t work, and it won’t help veterans get the care they need. Veterans take their own lives every day as they struggle with the internal burdens of their service – they deserve better than what Senator Tester is giving them. Congress must instead pass legislation that will fundamentally rebuild the VA system to focus on caring for veterans instead of propping up bureaucracy and red tape.