Hospice News November 26, 2024
The Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, currently winding its way through Congress, would likely increase access to hospice and palliative care for veterans, if enacted.
The omnibus veterans’ benefits reform bill contains two provisions in particular that could influence hospice and palliative care utilization. First, it contains language from Gerald’s Law, as well as clauses that would allow veterans to use their benefits to enter PACE programs.
The bill recently passed the U.S. House of Representatives and now will go to the Senate. A reasonable chance exists that the bill will be approved by both chambers this year, according to Madison Summers, manager of public affairs for the National Alliance for Care at Home.
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