Senator pushes to fund fertility services at VA

Date Posted: Thursday, April 14, 2016

Category: Health Care - National

Washington State's Senator Patty Murray is again introducing legislation to ensure the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) isn't "denying veterans their dream of starting a family." Since 2012, she has introduced similar legislation. She believes that her proposed amendment is necessarily more far-reaching than House Veterans' Affairs Chairman Rep. Jeff Miller's legislation. Senator Murray's bill language would require VA to cover or provide the services whereas Congressman Miller's would pay "$20,000 in special compensation payments--over and above the disability compensation the veteran receives--to be used at the veteran's discretion."

Read the full article at: Military Times