For veterans: VA considers eliminating copayments for veterans at risk of suicide
The Department of Veterans Affairs has proposed eliminating health care appointment copayments for veterans who have been found to be at a high risk of suicide.
The goal of the proposed policy is to encourage more veterans to seek care when in crisis by removing financial barriers. The proposed policy would eliminate copays for outpatient health care visits for veterans when their VA doctor has identified them as being at high risk of suicide. Additionally, the policy would reduce copays for medications prescribed for those veterans.
Currently, the VA charges certain veterans $15 to visit a primary care provider and $50 specialty care. As a note, there would be no change for those who do not currently have to make copayments.
The entire proposal is available for public view and comment through March 7 at: https://bit.ly/34ds8uc.
If you are a Monroe County, Indiana resident and need assistance filing a VA disability claim or if you have questions about federal, state, or local veterans benefits, please reach out to my office. Steven Miller, Monroe County veteran service officer. 812-349-2537 smiller@co.monroe.in.us.
This article originally appeared on The Herald-Times: VA considers eliminating copayments for veterans at risk of suicide
