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House VA Committee Readies for Neal Dunn's Proposal Giving Veterans Needing Organ Transplants More Options

October 23, 2017 - 6:00am

From his perch on the U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee, U.S. Rep. Neal Dunn,  R-Fla., who served more than a decade as an Army surgeon, will get a chance to focus on his “Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery (VICTOR) Act” this week. 

Dunn’s proposal would give veterans needing organ transplants more access, allowing those who live 100 miles or more from VA transplant centers have their procedures done at other medical facilities though it would need to be federally certified and cover Medicare patients. Noting the current policy, Dunn pointed to his own district, which includes parts of the Big Bend, as an area where veterans would benefit from his legislation. For veterans in Dunn’s district, the nearest VA facility that performs organ transplants is in Nashville 

The North Florida Republican congressman, who was elected to Congress for the first time back in November, brought out his bill back in May. Dunn will get his chance to reel in support for his bill on Tuesday when it’s scheduled to go before the Veterans Affairs Committee. 

On Friday, Dunn made the case for his bill. 

“The VICTOR Act is a commonsense solution to a problem that is quite literally hurting our veterans and preventing them from receiving timely organ transplants,” Dunn said. “A veteran in Ocala would have to travel more than 600 miles to receive a new liver, despite having seven federally certified transplant centers in Florida. Many veterans are forced to sit on waiting lists for organs they may never receive. This needs to change.”

So far, Dunn has reeled in 25  co-sponsors including three from the Sunshine State as  Republican U.S. Reps. Gus Bilirakis, who is the vice-chair of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Dennis Ross and John Rutherford are backing his proposal.  So far, there is no similar proposal over in the Senate. 

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I sent you an e-mail a week or so ago and asked to have you respond . I hope you get a chance to review it and contact me on your opinion. It refers to my being a veteran and an elderly one as well. Also the problems I have encountered with the VA in Panama City. I await hearing from you.

KUDOS Neal Dunn ! THIS is far more than the "lip service" VETS had been getting from "Jeff Miller and his Congressional Veterans Affairs Committee" while they stood by and "watched the Veterans' Hospitals burn !"...

Rep. Neal Dunn, I applaud your initiative and am encouraged to see you have numerous co-sponsors, including my own Rep. Gus Bilirakis. Keep up the good work for, as you know, we Vietnam Vets are aging and such procedures are more in need. Semper fi, Ol Father Bob

Ta na hora de começar a investigar seu homem de vez. http://www.opticafenix.com.br/index.php/component/k2/itemlist/user/21738

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