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What to know about flexible spending

Current service members and their families are now eligible for flexible spending accounts.

Opinion

America must ‘honor the contract’ on veterans’ benefits

In this opinion piece, Al Lipphardt of VFW responds to a recent Economist article that labeled veterans' benefits as "absurdly generous."

VA to resume new electronic health record rollout in mid-2026

The project was scheduled to take 10 years and cost $16 billion. Nearly eight years later, only six of VA’s 170-plus medical sites are using the software.

Suicides among veterans remain unchanged despite federal focus

The figures are the latest available from federal census data and suggest limited progress on the issue of suicide prevention by Veterans Affairs leaders.

Plan to avert government shutdown does not include extra VA funds

VA leaders had asked for roughly $6.6 billion in extra funding for FY25, and said they could face problems with hiring and programs without it.

Congress finalizes sweeping bill to help veteran caregivers

The measure to expand assistance for veteran caregivers easily passed both the House and Senate, and now heads to the White House to become law.

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