President Obama's budget proposal strips the funding from veterans' medical choice program https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/president-obama-s-budget-proposal-strips-the-funding-from-veterans-medical-choice-program <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What are you thoughts on this?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/03/obama-wants-to-strip-funding-from-veterans-medical-choice-program/?intcmp=latestnews">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/03/obama-wants-to-strip-funding-from-veterans-medical-choice-program/?intcmp=latestnews</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/008/390/qrc/og-fn-foxnews.jpg?1443032655"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/03/obama-wants-to-strip-funding-from-veterans-medical-choice-program/?intcmp=latestnews">Obama wants to strip funding from veterans&#39; medical choice program</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">President Obama’s 2016 budget blueprint proposes rolling back a program that gives veterans the right to receive faster care outside of the long waitlists at the troubled Veterans Affairs medical system.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:39:19 -0500 President Obama's budget proposal strips the funding from veterans' medical choice program https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/president-obama-s-budget-proposal-strips-the-funding-from-veterans-medical-choice-program <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>What are you thoughts on this?<br /><br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/03/obama-wants-to-strip-funding-from-veterans-medical-choice-program/?intcmp=latestnews">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/03/obama-wants-to-strip-funding-from-veterans-medical-choice-program/?intcmp=latestnews</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/008/390/qrc/og-fn-foxnews.jpg?1443032655"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/02/03/obama-wants-to-strip-funding-from-veterans-medical-choice-program/?intcmp=latestnews">Obama wants to strip funding from veterans&#39; medical choice program</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">President Obama’s 2016 budget blueprint proposes rolling back a program that gives veterans the right to receive faster care outside of the long waitlists at the troubled Veterans Affairs medical system.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> LTC Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 03 Feb 2015 12:39:19 -0500 2015-02-03T12:39:19-05:00 Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 3 at 2015 6:02 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/president-obama-s-budget-proposal-strips-the-funding-from-veterans-medical-choice-program?n=452907&urlhash=452907 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>My thoughts, <a class="dark-link bold-link" role="profile-hover" data-qtip-container="body" data-id="209691" data-source-page-controller="question_response_contents" href="/profiles/209691-12a-engineer-officer-pacom-hq-pacom">LTC Private RallyPoint Member</a>, are that this is another example of something good that President Obama signed into law previously and now wants to cut.<br /><br />That's fine though, because I don't think that portion of the budget will make it through Congress, especially if Senator McCain (original sponsor of the idea) has anything to say about it. CW5 Private RallyPoint Member Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:02:39 -0500 2015-02-03T18:02:39-05:00 Response by CW3 Kevin Storm made Jun 5 at 2015 8:18 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/president-obama-s-budget-proposal-strips-the-funding-from-veterans-medical-choice-program?n=727058&urlhash=727058 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Veterans are not using it, the money was stripped from the VA budget so it has an effect on the VA. The program while well intended isn't being used as expected. CW3 Kevin Storm Fri, 05 Jun 2015 20:18:09 -0400 2015-06-05T20:18:09-04:00 Response by Capt Andrew Pratt made Dec 7 at 2016 2:21 PM https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/president-obama-s-budget-proposal-strips-the-funding-from-veterans-medical-choice-program?n=2140588&urlhash=2140588 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>. Capt Andrew Pratt Wed, 07 Dec 2016 14:21:10 -0500 2016-12-07T14:21:10-05:00 2015-02-03T12:39:19-05:00