VA's 2021 Budget & Legislative Proposals

This week, our team digs into VA's proposed budget for 2021: Where does Veterans Affairs plan to spend its money next year, and what impacts could this funding have on Veterans Healthcare and Veterans Benefits? Topics include VA Disability Compensation, Veteran Suicide Prevention, Veteran Homelessness, Technology Modernization, VA's Backlog, Telehealth, Rural Veterans Access to Care, and more!

Table of Contents:
0:00 Introduction
1:02 Why We Are Discussing VA's Budget 2021 and What It Tells Us About Their Priorities
2:12 How VA's Budget Process Works
3:41 How Much Money Has VA Requested For 2021?
4:02 Veterans Affairs Technology Modernization: VA Appeals Software
5:35 VA Tech Modernization: Blue Water Navy, MISSION Act
7:26 What VA's Budget Percentage Increases Tell Us and How the Budget Has Changed Over Years
8:12 VA's Electronic Health Record (EHR) System with DoD & Implementation Plan
11:18 Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Proposed Funding-What's the Money for and Why?
13:15 Veterans Average Disability Ratings Are Increasing: What This Means For VA
14:02 The Board of Veterans Appeals (BVA) Proposed Funding for 2021
14:22 Legacy VA Appeals Backlog
16:04 The Appeals Modernization Act, Disability Decisions at the Board of Veterans Appeals Priorities
19:52 The VA Board's Backlog of Veteran Hearings: Virtual Hearings, Which Claims Are Decided First
24:47 Veterans Health Administration Funding Proposal
25:42 Proposed Mental Health Care Funding for Veterans in 2021
27:37 Veteran Suicide Prevention Proposed Funding
29:49 VA's Push for Telehealth Services for Veterans (Especially Rural Veterans)
31:51 Women Veterans' Health and Funding for Medical Services (e.g. IVF, Gynecology)
33:33 VA's Caregiver Program Expansion: Funding, how it Will Roll Out, and To Who
36:15 Veteran Homelessness and Funding for 2021

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