A shortfall in the Department of Veterans Affairs' health-care budget isn't as big as previously predicted, but the department will still need some extra money next year, department officials told ...

The VA has cited the PACT Act, a landmark law that passed with bipartisan support in 2022, as the key driver behind the budget shortfall, pointing to increases in enrollment in VA health care ...

The VA also no longer projects a $12 billion shortfall for fiscal 2025. Higher costs for an increase in health care enrollments, payroll and equipment purchases all fell within original budget ...

Still, VA leaders said in a memo to lawmakers that the budget infusion was needed “because if we had even been $1 short, we could not certify our payment files and more than 7 million veterans ...

“This represents by far the largest budget shortfall that VA has experienced under any administration,” Bost said, referring to the total $15 billion. “This is not just fiscal mismanagement.

Both developments revolve around a roughly $15 billion budget shortfall the VA told Congress earlier this month it now projects to face this year and next. The budget gap includes $2.9 billion for ...

Lawmakers accuse VA leaders of exaggerating budget shortfall Congress approved $3 billion in emergency VA funding in September, but officials now say they did not need the money to cover immediate ...

McDonough said he has particularly stressed VA’s budget shortfall, noting he wants Trump’s team to be prepared for the upcoming debate when the current stopgap government funding bill expires ...

Congress failed to pass legislation before leaving town to address a roughly $3 billion budget shortfall for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), as officials warn millions of veterans ...

VA officials outlined how a surge in PACT Act claims outpaced initial budget projections in a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing Wednesday, days before a processing deadline affecting the ...

The VA has cited the PACT Act, a landmark law that passed with bipartisan support in 2022, as the key driver behind the budget shortfall, pointing to increases in enrollment in VA health care ...