A shortfall in the Department of Veterans Affairs' health-care budget isn't as big as previously predicted, but the ...

House lawmakers contend a $15 billion emergency funding request from the Department of Veterans Affairs to cover veterans ...

Congress approved $3 billion in emergency VA funding in September, but officials now say they did not need the money to cover ...

And lawmakers signal the VA budget shortfall just adds to the headaches. “How this all gets resolved is super complicated,” ...

When an election cycle is ending at the same time end of year budget scrambles are starting, we should be extra skeptical of lawmakers and department officials posturing and asking for more money.

But these days Donaldson is barely able to scrape the money together to pay her mortgage, because she was hurt by a botched ...

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While CRs typically just extend existing funding levels, VA officials asked Congress to include extra funding for the department to make up for an expected shortfall in its medical budget ...

Costs by the VA to cover community care are projected to rise more than 13% in 2025, as the agency faces a $12 billion shortfall, staffing shortages and criticism by lawmakers about budget management.

Weeks earlier, VA leaders — including McDonough — said the budget shortfall came as a result of record-high benefits approvals and medical services usage by veterans in the last fiscal year.

Last July, VA projected a $15 billion shortfall between this year and the end of next year. The VA’s budget has grown 50 percent since 2021. But naturally, VA bureaucrats claim they need a ...

One solution for the VA’s budget shortfall is to lean more heavily into community care rather than demonize it or use it as a reason to increase its own budget. Community care allows veterans to ...