12 key takeaways from the 2018 budget that could affect you
Have you read so much about the proposed 2018 budget that you feel like your head will explode? Do you just want to know which provisions would affect you, but ...
The Veterans Affairs Department would also get an increase of $6.4 billion or 3.6 percent over 2017. Most of the additional funding will go toward health care, with $3.5 billion in mandatory funds for the VA Choice Program, as well as a 7.1 percent spending boost to the Veteran Health Administration to continue health care access improvements.
The department expects to hire 7,025 new full-time equivalents, including 164 more full time employees at the Board of Veteran Appeals to help the department whittle down the backlog of 470,000 pending appeals.
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