80 in tampa. Brooksville 75. Good morning to you. Bartow 77 and it is 77 in sarasota and it is a muggy start to the day. On the east coast this morning, its really busy. We have seen thunderstorms at welfare palm. The rain is moving in the opposite way because our winds satellite and radar combined showing midded and high clouds and moisture moving in giving way to 4050 rain chances. So our pattern is the same. We just will take that moisture this afternoon. By noon, 20 rain chance and 87 and only 90 today. I stress only 90 because well hold back the temperatures with us extra rain chance and extra for the person responsible. The east bend Patrol Officer tim smith was killed 9 30 last night just outside of make on. He was responding to a suspicious person call when he en countered the suspect who shot him and then fled the scene. Again police are still searching for the person responsible. Riots break out in wisconsin after a man was shot and killed by a Police Officer in the man was f
I had a record player, is very into electronics, is a ham Radio Operator when i was 13. I built a little Radio Station and i did that at home when i was a kid. When i i got a job at msu and brody will. The dorms had a Radio Station so i was on wrp. I did it for six weeks, did a tape and got a job at w. Itl. W. Itl lansing michigan which was the country western station, the number one station in lansing. I was a weekend dj and i hated Country Music and i discovered that i love Country Music to assist the teenager in the 60s and rock n roll. I worked there for a year or so and then went into an allnight show top 40 and then went back to woodland and did two years. Then i got out of that and in 2002 november 2002 thanksgiving we were living in turmont and the reason i drove back to michigan to visit family for thanksgiving and all the way there all i could get was actually it was odd was like Sean Hannitys show repeated itself three or four times on that 14 hour drive and he was doing a l
Issued one would ask why to be a issue so many choice cards . Nevertheless the American Legion is optimistic that the recent rule change by eliminating the straightline rule and using the actual driving distance will allow more veterans access to health care under the Choice Program. The American Legion believes if va were to move forward with the rule change to include the va medical facility that can provide the needed medical care or Services Everyone would see increases in minimization and access to nonva health care. The American Legion applauds the senate for unanimously reminding the department of Veterans Affairs they have the obligation to provide nonva care where they cannot offer the same treatment as one of its own facilities within the 40mile driving distance from the veterans homes. We now call upon the house to take up h. R. 572 the veterans access to Community Care act and ensured its swift passage. Lets get these bills to the president s desk and make sure we have taki
At the same time, weve had a large increase in care in the community, choice hasnt worked as intended. Here are some things were doing to fix it. On april 24th we changed the measure from Straight Line to driving distance. Using the fastest route. This roughly doubles the number of veterans eligible for the 40mile program under choice. Excuse me. But there is much more to do. A followon mailing to all eligible veterans is about to go out. Weve Just Launched a major change in internal processes to make choice the default option for care in the community. Additional staff training and communication extensive provider communications, improvement to the website and ramped up social networking. New mechanisms together, timely feedback. Directly from both veterans as well as from front line staff. These are all, already in place or about to launch. In the longer term, we must rationalize Community Care into a single channel. The different programs with different rules and reimbursement rates
Affairs adviser for concerned veterans for america. Joseph violante, National Legislative director of disabled american veterans. Mr. Bill raush who is missing in action right now. Or awol. Political director for iraq and afghanistan veterans of america, and carlos fuentes, senior legislative associate for the veterans of foreign wars. Well start with you, mr. Butler. Chairman, Ranking Member blumenthal, and distinguished members of the committee, on behalf of our national commander, michael ham, and the 2. 3 million members of the American Legion, we thank you for this opportunity to testify regarding the American Legions views of the progress of the veterans Choice Program. The American Legion supported the veterans access choice and accountability act of 2014 as a means of addressing emerging problems within the department of veterans affairs. Va wait times for appointment medical care had reached an unacceptable level nationwide as veterans struggle to receive access to Timely Heal