On March 11, 2021, the new COVID relief bill was signed into law.
Contained inside the bill is language that states the Department of Veteran Affairs must waive all copayments veterans would otherwise be required to pay for medical care through the agency.
Last year there was a temporary halt put on collecting copayments, but the idea was that veterans would have to pay it back eventually.
The new legislation has changed that, and veterans will now get permanent reprieve from those copayments through September 2021.
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, signed into law by President Joe Biden on March 11, includes language that requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to write off all copayments veterans must pay for medical care provided by the agency.
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According to the law, all copayments for medical care provided to veterans through the VA from April 6, 2020, to Sept. 30, 2021, will be waived. The law will write off up to $1 billion in veterans’ medical debt.
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So what happens if you already paid the VA for copayments from April 6, 2020, to September 30, 2021?
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You can expect to receive a refund.
Any payments veterans made to the VA in the last 11 months for covered care will be reimbursed soon.
The decision to write off VA copayments will hopefully provide veterans with some relief during the pandemic.
You can get more information on the relief bill, known as the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, here.
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I draw a pension for disability from V.A. and was drawing my retirement social security and V.A. cut my pension by two thirds !!! Why???
I see a lot of complaints on this site. I have to say the VA has always been good to me in Georgetown DE. They have always been on time and always given me the care I need. Just wanted to say thanks.
I’m sure this will benefit some vets, but I only have 1 medication I’m receiving monthly. The charge is $8. I’d rather pay the $8 / month than wait and get a bill for several months accumulation.
I have Medicare and was 70 percent vA disabled at the time i was treated and still got a bill for 876.00 for treatment, need to know what to do.
Is this for real or just another trick on the American Veterans who have served their country and survived and was lucky enough to come home?
my v.a. compensation was cut back from 30 percent to 20 percent, yet i am expected to pay my co-pays wirh less money. when I inquired about this cut back the personnel who was handling the call said If I made more than one mistake in answering a question that I would be denied, this isn”t a game show! It seems that the onus is placed on the vet. asking for help. I sereved on board 7 submarines and three ships during my time in the Navy, I have high bloodpressure , type 2 diabetes, dveloped afib and on blood thinners (xeralto) have lung problems. yet none of the breathing problems cannot be confirmed that it is service related despite the fact that each vessel I served on
spent 3 or moe months in shipyards. in some cases we had to live on board during shipyard over haul.
Ido not know of any president who cursed at , cut up on or mocked veterans, pows, gold star families or deported veterans like the last six time draft dodger did.
Sure , then sent me a bill and I paid it ,now they say I didn’t have to. Are they going to refund me. Probably not . Just another democrat trick.
If the individuals has the means they should have to pay any copay if it does not directly relate to any military disease or disability. This should be like any other insurance. Except for the fact tht we should provide for any damage we caused these individuals.