The Department of Veterans Affairs allegedly cried wolf about a budget shortfall that turned out to be a multi-billion-dollar surplus — and now lawmakers and veterans’ advocates want answers.

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 ...

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 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 ...

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

“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.

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is facing a $12 billion shortfall, and it is not making things easier when it comes to the government budget for 2025.

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 ...

A $12 billion shortfall facing the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could further complicate an already heated partisan debate over how to fund the government for 2025. There is already a gap ...