WWII Veterans eligible for no-cost VA care

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I rec'd this information my VA Puget Sound Health Care System 2023 Official News winter Issue #14. https://www.va.gov/files/2023-12/Live_Whole_Health_2023_Winter_Issue_14.pdf

Please pass this along to anyone you may know.

WWII Veterans eligible for no-cost VA care

The VA announced in November that all World War II Veterans are now eligible for no-cost VA inpatient and outpatient health care. Under this expansion, all WWII Veterans who served between Dec. 7, 1941, and Dec. 31, 1946, are now eligible for VA health care, regardless of their length of service or financial status. These Veter-
ans will not have to pay inpatient or outpatient copays, enrollment fees, or monthly premiums.

Veterans who enroll may also keep their private providers, Medicare, and most other insurance to meet their care needs.

Veterans who were not approved for VA health care in the past due to income limits should apply again; income levels no longer apply due to this expansion.

VA cannot automatically enroll Veterans in health care; WWII Veterans must apply for VA health care if they are not currently enrolled. Visit www.va.gov/health-care/how-to-apply/ for more information and to apply.

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1. Better late that never I suppose

A vet who was 18 in 1946 would be 95 now!

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2. I agree. It won't have much impact

on the VA system. I think they should have also included Korean War vets.

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3. My late husband was deemed "eligible" ...

He had one foot in the grave when they told him he was eligible for benefits.

He managed to sign papers to declare he was disabled from his time in the Army.

He never rec'd answer. He died instead.

Fucking VA!

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4. What is a "WWII Veteran"?

Is it anyone who served during the war years? Or is it limited to those who served in a theater of war during those years?

In twenty years, maybe this question will be relevant to this "Vietnam Era" veteran, who read about the war from the comfort of an army post in Germany.

Anyway, this is good news for the few remaining WWII vets who are not already in the VA system.

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5. It's anyone who served during the time frame regardless

of where they were stationed. Like you, I was stationed in NJ during Vietnam.

You might be interested in the below link;

https://www.vietnamwar50th.com/about/