AARP Veteran Caregiver Appreciation Breakfast
A nice little event put on by AARP Lehigh Valley
Tidbits
LVMAC Tidbit: VA Adds Three More Cancers to the Presumptive List
Crescendo of Presumptive Conditions Continues Since the Passage of the PACT Act The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced today that it is including three new cancer types in the list of presumed service-connected disabilities due to military environmental exposure under the PACT Act. Through a sub-regulatory policy letter Read more…
Tidbits
LVMAC Tidbit: VA Community Town Hall Comes to the Lehigh Valley
VA Healthcare Changes May Make It Worth Your While The event, scheduled for 5 p.m. on 22 May 2024 at the Allentown VA Clinic, will provide military veterans, family members and the public, feedback on VA operations and give them a chance to ask questions about recent expanded benefits through Read more…
Lehigh Valley VA Community Town Hall
VA Healthcare Changes May Make It Worth Your While The event will provide military veterans, family members and the public, feedback on VA operations and give them a chance to ask questions about recent expanded benefits through the PACT Act. Staff will also be on hand throughout the Community Town Read more…
Senior Expo
This short event (almost over before it begins) might be of use to veterans, as over half are senior citizens. Senior citizens, their family members and caretakers from the 16th Senate District are invited to join me at a Senior Expo Thursday, May 23, from 10 a.m. to noon at Read more…
Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center Town Hall
We have been told that one will be coming to the Lehigh Valley on 22 May! Internet Microsoft Teams participation is available for this one From the Wilkes-Barre VA Medical Center press release: The meetings are intended to provide local Veterans an open forum and for VA officials to Read more…
Tidbits
LVMAC Tidbit: PACT Act Health Care Application Phasing Eliminated
The phasing of application for VA healthcare due to toxic exposures under the PACT Act has been suspended. Starting 5 March 2024, you can apply regardless of covered era or time period. Note that this is about healthcare and not compensation (which involves the filing of a disability claim). Consequently, Read more…
Forward Observer
Guard and Reserve Spouses: Do You Know About This “Minor” Health Care Change Coming?
Small Things Can Matter in the Worst of Times Buried within the 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (PL 118-31) passed at the last moment and signed into law on 22 December 2024, is a provision in Section 702 called the “Extension Of Period Of Eligibility For Health Benefits Under Tricare Read more…
Joint Veterans of Northampton’s “Veteran’s Outreach Day”
A combined effort of the Joint Veterans of Northampton and the Veterans Health Program of Valley Health Partners, a Federally Qualified Health Center.
Tidbits
LVMAC Tidbit: Uber Arrives in Our VA Healthcare Area
The VA has formally launched Uber Health Connect (VUHC) as a nationwide program — after successful pilot testing — to provide an additional option to those under VA healthcare to get them to their appointments. Its goals are to improve the military veterans’ experiences, to reduce appointment cancellations and no-shows, Read more…