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Article: Continuing resolution: bitter pill for VA health care.(veterans affairs)
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- DAV Magazine
- Article date:
- November 1, 2005
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The inability of Congress to pass a budget for the 2006 fiscal year that began Oct. 1 has resulted in a temporary continuing resolution which fails to adequately fund veterans health care. The measure funds veterans programs and services at 568.1 billion through Nov. 18.
Under rules governing the stopgap measure, agencies whose regular appropriation had not been finalized would be funded at either the 2005 level, the House-passed 2006 level, or the Senate-passed 2006 level, whichever is less. That meant VA health care and other discretionary spending was set at $31.5 billion as passed by the House. Of that amount, $2l billion is for medical services to veterans, ...