United States Department of Veterans Affairs
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Overton Brooks VA Medical Center | Shreveport  LA
Enrollment In The VA Health Care System

To apply for VA health care benefits, including enrollment, you must fill out an application. We use the application to determine:

  • Whether you have qualifying service as a veteran
  • What your veteran status is so that you can be placed into one of the enrollment priority groups

Once enrolled, most veterans remain enrolled from year to year without further action on their part. However,

  • Some veterans need to provide updated financial information to continue their enrollment in a certain priority group
  • You may cancel your enrollment anytime
* Enrollment Restriction:
Effective January 17, 2003, VA suspended NEW enrollment of veterans assigned to Priority Group 8e and 8g (VA's lowest priority group consisting of higher income veterans). Veterans assigned to Priority Group 8e and 8g are veterans who are enrolling for the first time on or after January 17, 2003, and whose income exceeds the current year income threshold, who have no other special eligibilities such as a compensable service connected condition or recent combat service, and who refuse to provide income information are not eligible for enrollment at this time. Veterans enrolled in Priority Group 8a and 8c on or before January 16, 2003, will remain enrolled and continue to be eligible for the full-range of VA health care benefits.

 

Changes in VA’s available resources may reduce the number of priority groups VA can enroll in a given year. If that occurs, VA will publicize the enrollment changes and notify affected enrollees.

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