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Moran Tangles with VA Secretary over Program for Rural Veterans

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald testifies before the House Veterans Affairs Committee (image via C-Span2)
Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald testifies before the House Veterans Affairs Committee (image via C-Span2)

Kansas Senator Jerry Moran has what amounts to a running feud going with the Department of Veterans Affairs. He says the agency is dragging its feet implementing a new law that’s designed to help veterans in rural areas get the care they need.  The new secretary of the VA – Robert McDonald – says Moran’s claims are baseless. We have two reports this morning, the first from Jim McLean of the KHI News Service, who recently sat down with Moran in his Capitol Hill office.


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Kansas Senator Jerry Moran and the Department of Veterans Affairs still don’t see eye-to-eye over implementation of a new program aimed at improving access to care for rural veterans. More from Heartland Health Monitor’s Bryan Thompson.


Bryan Thompson has been KPR's Health Reporter since 2000. He's a lifelong Kansan, and a graduate of Wichita State University. He's been involved in radio news longer than he'd care to admit, serving as news director at stations in El Dorado, Liberal, and Salina before joining KPR. He and his wife, Cindy, are the parents of six outstanding children--one of whom now looks down on them from above. In his spare time, Bryan enjoys music and sports.