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The Iron Mountain VA Medical Center has roughly 18,000 veterans enrolled in VA Healthcare in its service area which covers the Upper Peninsula the parts of northern Wisconsin.
Of those a little under half have gotten their COVID-19 vaccine through the VA.
“We are generally scheduling appointments every day for veterans to get the vaccine, so although it has slowed, it hasn’t stopped,” said Public Affairs Officer John Jamison.
The center is encouraging all veterans to get the COVID-19 vaccine. And now, it’s able to help get more veterans and the people close to them vaccinated.
President Joe Biden recently signed the SAVES LIVES Act. It gives the VA the ability to vaccinate not only enrolled veterans, but their spouses, widows, caregivers, and other veterans.