Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. Today-Congressman Rubn Hinojosa introduced a bill that will require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the South Texas Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen Texas includes a full-service Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient health care facility.
I am joining my colleagues Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison by introducing a bill that mirrors theirs in the Senate in a strong effort to give our veterans what they deserve" said Rep. Hinojosa. It has been a long road and a hard fought battle for our veterans who want a full service hospital closer to their homes. Our Veterans have marched hundreds of miles to San Antonio where the nearest veterans hospital is just to prove their point. They need a full service veterans hospital in south Texas now!"
The bills current name is the Meeting the Inpatient Health Care Needs of Far South Texas Veterans Act of 2011". The bill outlines the necessity of a full service inpatient hospital. The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that more than 117000 veterans reside in Far South Texas. Travel time for our veterans to receive acute inpatient hospital care can sometimes exceed 6 hours.
For too long our veterans and their families have had to make tremendous sacrifices in receiving full service health care" said Rep. Hinojosa. South Texas has produced many brave and patriotic men and women who have served or who are serving in our armed forces. Those who are serving now will come home soon and my hope is to have the best medical care facility this country has to offer them. They deserve it!"
Currently the new Veterans Affairs Valley Health Care Center in Harlingen Texas is an outpatient facility.
Texas Insider Report: WASHINGTON D.C. Today-Congressman Rubn Hinojosa introduced a bill that will require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure that the South Texas Veterans Affairs Health Care Center in Harlingen Texas includes a full-service Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient health care facility.
I am joining my colleagues Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey Hutchison by introducing a bill that mirrors theirs in the Senate in a strong effort to give our veterans what they deserve" said Rep. Hinojosa. It has been a long road and a hard fought battle for our veterans who want a full service hospital closer to their homes. Our Veterans have marched hundreds of miles to San Antonio where the nearest veterans hospital is just to prove their point. They need a full service veterans hospital in south Texas now!"
The bills current name is the Meeting the Inpatient Health Care Needs of Far South Texas Veterans Act of 2011". The bill outlines the necessity of a full service inpatient hospital. The Department of Veterans Affairs estimates that more than 117000 veterans reside in Far South Texas. Travel time for our veterans to receive acute inpatient hospital care can sometimes exceed 6 hours.
For too long our veterans and their families have had to make tremendous sacrifices in receiving full service health care" said Rep. Hinojosa. South Texas has produced many brave and patriotic men and women who have served or who are serving in our armed forces. Those who are serving now will come home soon and my hope is to have the best medical care facility this country has to offer them. They deserve it!"
Currently the new Veterans Affairs Valley Health Care Center in Harlingen Texas is an outpatient facility.
