Veterans' View
Funding for vets' health care increases
by Amy Simmons, Washington County Veterans Service Officer
The Veterans Health Administration has received record budget increases over the last four years. With this budget proposal, the President, working in partnership with Congress, will have increased health care funding for veterans by more than 47 percent since Fiscal Year 2001. The President’s FY ‘06 budget proposal requests $30.7 billion for VA’s health care program.
With these resources, VA will be able to treat more than 5.2 million patients. In 2006, nearly 80 percent of veteran patients are expected to be high priority – those veterans who count on VA the most.
The President’s budget request also includes $750 million to continue the Capital Asset Realignment for Enhanced Services (CARES) program designed to modernize VA’s health care system. The FY ‘06 proposal brings the total department investment to date to $2.15 billion. This historic transformation means that VA will be able to provide greater access to high-quality care closer to where most veterans live.
VA Facilities Addresses and Telephone Numbers
VA Regional Office, St. Petersburg
P. O. Box 1437
St. Petersburg, FL 33731
1-800-827-1000
Veterans Health Administration Toll-Free Hotline (medical care) 1-877-222-8387
CHAMPVA Inquiries
P. O. Box 65023
Denver, CO 80206-5023
On the Web
Va: www.va.gov
Florida Dept. of Veterans Affairs
www.floridavets.org
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