Promises made, promises kept.
Accomplishments for Veterans under the Trump Administration
- Significantly improved veterans’ trust in VA
- Near-record low veteran unemployment
- Expanded access to care in VA medical facilities and the community
- Gave veterans more choice and greater control over their healthcare
- Invested historic amounts of funding in VA
- Allowed veterans to use their GI Bill benefits whenever they choose
- Made it faster and easier for veterans to appeal disability compensation claims
- Established the first government-wide task force to prevent veteran suicide
- Granted disability compensation benefits to Blue Water Navy Vietnam veterans
- Removed the decades-old “widow’s tax”
- Reduced the number of homeless veterans and effectively ended veteran homelessness in 78 communities and 3 states
- Began a decade-long process to modernize VA’s electronic health record system and create interoperability with DOD
- Expanded stipend payments and support to caregivers of veterans of all eras
- Established a dedicated White House Hotline for veterans
- Transformed VA from one of the lowest ranking agencies for employee satisfaction into one of the top 6 Best Places to Work in the federal government
- Hired thousands of new mental health professionals to treat veterans
- Significantly increased the number of appointments at VA and the number of veterans enrolled in the VA healthcare system
- Allowed veterans to seek care in urgent care clinics in their communities
- Established a process to modernize and realign the VA healthcare system to better serve veterans where they live
- Reduced the number of veterans who are dependent on opioids
- Overturned an Obama Administration policy that did not allow National Guard troops stationed at the Southern Border to receive GI Bill benefits for their service
- Increased outreach among veterans in the critical first year post-service period
- Created a VA office to protect whistleblowers
- Made it easier to hold poor-performing employees accountable
- Improved the Transition Assistance Program for new veterans
- Expanded the availability of telehealth to treat hard-to-reach veterans
- Safeguarded federal student loan debt discharges for disabled veterans
- Improved VA’s ability to recruit and retain staff VA medical facilities
- Signed 42 veteran-specific bills into law
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