SOAR Commends Senators Martin Heinrich and John Boozman for Protecting Rural Patients and Veterans

The SOAR Campaign commends Senators Martin Heinrich and John Boozman for protecting rural patients and Veterans, and we echo their concerns about the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) proposal to cut reimbursement rates for emergency air medical services. If the VA goes through with making these cuts, air ambulance bases across the country will be forced to close, leaving millions of Veterans, particularly those in rural and underserved communities, without access to lifesaving air medical flights. We must protect our nation’s Veterans and ensure this rule does not go into effect as drafted.