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U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) is encouraging Arkansans to get
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“I hope every Arkansan who is eligible to receive a vaccine will get one,”
Boozman said. “This is important for the health of every resident and the eagerness we all share to return to normal as quickly as possible.”
This morning, Boozman will meet with Secretary of the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) Dr. José Romero and Arkansas Division of Emergency Management (ADEM) Director AJ Gary to tour a vaccine receiving area in central Arkansas. Later, he will sit down with Arkansas Department of Education Secretary Johnny Key to discuss how vaccine distribution is going for teachers and how students are doing in this pandemic school year.
The head of U.S. Veterans Affairs was joined Wednesday by Montanaâs congressional delegation as he capped off a three-day visit to the state at Fort Harrison VA Medical Center in Helena, where he heard from the public about their concerns and what the VA could be doing better.
Denis McDonough, appointed by President Joe Biden and confirmed to the post in February, said the Montana VA âdoes a lot of things really well ⦠and one of them is this team works well together.â
He noted a program in which nurses from the Montana VA system were deployed into community hospitals, which helps ensure continuity of care for veterans and prompt payment of bills.
Bay Pines VA opens vaccinations to all veterans and their family members
A newly signed law allows for veterans not enrolled in VA medical care to get coronavirus vaccines at VA sites.
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An exterior look at the Bay Pines VA Healthcare System 10000 Bay Pines Blvd, Bay Pines, FL, on Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. [ DIRK SHADD | Times ]
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The Bay Pines VA healthcare system is offering coronavirus vaccines to all veterans and their families, regardless of whether or not they are enrolled in Veterans Affairs medical care, thanks to a bill signed into law by President Joe Biden in March.
The Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize All Veterans and Every Spouse Act, or the SAVE LIVES Act, expanded the Department of Veterans Affairsâ legal authority to provide vaccines to all veterans, their spouses, caregivers and some beneficiaries.
Boozman’s emphasis on COVID-19 vaccinations comes on the heels of the senator’s bipartisan Strengthening and Amplifying Vaccination Efforts to Locally Immunize all Veterans and Every Spouse Act being signed into law. That legislation, also known as the SAVES LIVES Act, allows the VA to vaccinate all veterans, their spouses, caregivers and some dependents to the extent that vaccines are available, as well as urges the federal government to allocate more doses to the VA department based on this increased eligibility.
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