This week in Congress: Veterans’ caregivers voice concerns over VA changes

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Caregivers of ill and injured veterans will be the focus of a Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee hearing this week. (Army photo).

Military advocates will be focused this week on Wednesday’s Senate Veterans’ Affairs hearing on caregiver support efforts, after significant criticism of plans to scale back stipends for families of injured veterans.

Veterans Affairs officials announced last fall that they would review “legacy” participants of the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers to see if they qualify under updated guidelines. But families affected by the change have accused VA officials of simply working to trim the number of participants in the program, causing significant hardship for them.

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