United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health

The United States Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health is one of the four subcommittees within the House Veterans' Affairs Committee. The Subcommittee on Health has legislative and oversight jurisdiction for the Department of Veterans Affairs’ health care system, programs and research apparatus.

Jurisdiction

The Subcommittee on Health has legislative and oversight jurisdiction for the Department of Veterans Affairs' health care system, veterans programs as well as research. Over the past decade, VA has transformed the health care system to better serve veterans. VA now operates over 1400 sites of care to include medical centers, nursing homes, hundreds of community-based outpatient clinics organized into service networks located throughout the nation, now caring for an estimated 5.5 million veterans.

Recent hearings by the Subcommittee on Health have explored important matters such as the adequacy of the Veteran's Health Administration's health care budget request; veterans access to health care in rural areas of the United States; VA's Polytrauma System of Care as well as the VA's capacity to adequately treat Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI); Gulf War Exposures, Women and Minority Veterans' issues; VA's long-term care program; and the Vet Center program and services.

Members, 114th Congress

Majority	Minority
Dan Benishek, Michigan, Chairman Gus Bilirakis, Florida Phil Roe, Tennessee Tim Huelskamp, Kansas Mike Coffman, Colorado Brad Wenstrup, Ohio Ralph Abraham, Louisiana	Julia Brownley, California, Ranking Member Mark Takano, California Raul Ruiz, California Ann McLane Kuster, New Hampshire Beto O'Rourke, Texas

External links

Veterans' Affairs Committee Website: Subcommittee page

Current United States House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittees

Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Economic Opportunity Health Oversight and Investigations

Current United States congressional committees

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Joint (list)	(Conference) Economic Inaugural Ceremonies (Special) Library Printing Taxation

Standing committees, Defunct committees

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