Harris releases veteran healthcare plan: 5 takeaways

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., released a veteran healthcare plan Sept. 7.

Here are five quick takeaways on her plan:

  1. Ms. Harris' plan focuses on extending healthcare services and housing options to veterans with "other-than-honorable" discharges. Her campaign estimates legislative changes could make VA healthcare and housing assistance available to more than 500,000 additional veterans. 
  2. Ms. Harris would also direct the Defense Department to review "other-than-honorable" discharges for bias and other factors, like post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury and sexual assault, which may have contributed to misconduct.
  3. She pledged to complete the VA and Pentagon's EHR integration by the end of her first term.  
  4. Ms. Harris would direct Congress to create a block grant for states to help connect homeless veterans to transitional housing. 
  5. She also committed to reversing the Trump administration's ban on military service for transgender people. 

Read more here.

 

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