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Congressman Frank LoBiondo (R-2) has reintroduced a bill that seeks to expand reforms enacted last year by allowing veterans to receive hospital care at non-Department of Veterans Affairs facilities, he announced in a statementĀ recently.
LoBiondo said last year’s reforms were a step in the right direction, but they didn’t go far enough.
Under the 2014 VA reform law, veterans have to fall into certain categories to use a non-VA facility.
They either have to live more than 40 miles from a VA medical facility or outpatient clinic, or they have to show that they waited at least 30 days for an appointment at a VA facility.
When reached by phone Friday, LoBiondo said that because of the area’s VA clinics, veterans in South Jersey don’t 
qualify for the distance category even if they need to get a service that is only offered at one of the larger medical centers.
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