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<title>Veterans' Health Accountability Act</title>
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<action-date>2014-05-29</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Veterans' Health Accountability Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs (VA) to provide a voucher for the market price of the needed service for use at a non-VA facility for any veteran who has been denied health care at any VA facility on a timely basis (defined as one day for procedures and seven calendar days for tests).</p> <p>Makes all veterans eligible for VA-paid care from non-VA facilities, and directs the Secretary of the VA to immediately prepare for the privatization of all VA facilities within one calendar year<em>, </em>if more than 10% of the Veterans Health Administration's budget goes toward such health vouchers.</p>]]></summary-text>
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