VA Expects to Open Enrollment to More Veterans
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is announcing that it hopes to re-open enrollment to its medical benefits package to veterans whose incomes exceed the current VA means test and geographic means test income thresholds by 10 percent or less. If the regulatory process proceeds smoothly, the change will be implemented by June 30, 2009. These changes do not open enrollment to all Priority 8 veterans.
The proposed changes (defined in Public Law 110-329) provide VA additional funding to allow expanded enrollment opportunity for certain Priority 8 veterans who may have been previously denied enrollment in VA’s health care system because their income exceeded VA’s means tests thresholds.
On the effective date of the regulation, a veteran who applies for enrollment, who does not qualify for a higher priority group and whose income exceeds VA’s means test thresholds by 10% or less will be placed in a priority group that allows the veteran to be enrolled in VA’s health care system.
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