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Issue Position: Veterans

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By: Lloyd Smucker

Date: Jan. 1, 2016

Issues: Veterans

Break down the bureaucratic barriers and eliminate confusion in dealing with the VA system by advancing reforms to create a "One-Stop-Shop" approach to addressing benefits available to veterans.

Allow veterans to visit doctors of their choice, not to be hamstrung by the VA system.

Merge the electronic health records of the Department of Defense with the Department of Veterans Affairs to streamline the bureaucracy preventing veterans from getting the care they deserve.

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