The independent budget recommends a 2.8% increase to medical support and compliance. You propose a 2.3% cut to medical and prosthetics Reach Search the independent budget recommends a 54% increase in prosthetics research. You propose a 37.8% cut to grants for state extended care facilities. The independent budget calls for 118% increase in those facilities. The irony in your effort to shortchange the department you lead is that the VA's patient wait time performance often exceeds the department's goals while outperforming simultaneously the community care providers. (07:57–08:02)
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Asserts that there is a proposal for a 37.8% cut to grants for state extended care facilities.
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