Urging Air Force to address REAL ID issue that could prevent veterans from accessing health care

Statement

500 Maine veterans notified that they will no longer be able to use Maine driver's license to access clinic at Pease Air National Guard Base in New Hampshire
Congresswoman Chellie Pingree sent a later today urging the U.S. Air Force to help address a REAL ID issue that could prevent hundreds of Maine veterans from continuing to receive their health care at a Veterans Affairs (VA) clinic on Pease Air National Guard Base in Newington, New Hampshire. Pingree was joined on the letter by Congresswoman Ann McLane Kuster of New Hampshire.

The 500 Maine veterans who receive their primary health care at the Community Based Outpatient Clinic on the base were recently notified that, after February 1, their Maine driver's license and VA health care ID will no longer be sufficient to gain access to the base. The change in policy comes as the REAL ID Act is implemented--Maine driver's licenses are not yet compliant with the law.

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