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House Passes Gerald’s Law to Establish Burial Benefits for Veterans in Hospice
Hospice News November 19, 2024
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed Gerald’s Law, which would close a hospice-related loophole in veterans’ benefits.
When eligible veterans die, many of their families are entitled to a financial benefit from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to defray some of the costs of funerals and cremation or burial. However, when a veteran transitions from a VA facility to hospice, they lose access to that benefit. This is even the case when hospice care is provided by the VA itself.
Gerald’s Law would institute those benefits for those veterans who die in hospice. The bill’s language was included in a larger piece of legislation, the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act, or...
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