The new TRICARE option lets a friend, family member, or other authorized individual help manage your medication needs.

Both pieces of legislation would provide about $137 billion to the department, in line with the White House budget request.

Patients who receive care at multiple facilities face higher risk of potentially serious lapses.

Rep. Don Bacon chairs the bipartisan work to support those who serve and their families, and to address the recruiting crisis.

Learn how your benefit works when traveling (or living) abroad.

The web-based Beneficiary Travel Self-Service System falls short in key areas, according to an Inspector General report.

The VA fields more than 50 million calls a year across its call centers. Its hotline is seen as the “front door” to the department.

The VA has shifted focus to home-care options, but more work – and more support from Congress – is sorely needed.

The latest from the Government Accountability Office shows problems identified more than a decade ago remain unsolved.

The findings from the department's own inspector general come during congressional scrutiny of VA spending.

Roughly 200,000 claims have waited more than 125 days for a decision. Nearly 600,000 PACT Act claims have been filed so far.

The new rules apply to staff, patients, and visitors. The mandate will remain in some high-risk locations, such as transplant units.