{"id":6938,"date":"2009-11-19T12:08:00","date_gmt":"2009-11-19T17:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/senate-passes-package-to-strengthen-health-care-for-veterans\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:11:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:11:32","slug":"senate-passes-package-to-strengthen-health-care-for-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senate-passes-package-to-strengthen-health-care-for-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"Senado aprueba paquete para fortalecer la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica para veteranos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong><br \/>Washington DC -<\/strong> El Senado de los Estados Unidos aprob\u00f3 un documento general<br \/>\nproyecto de ley el jueves que refuerza la atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica para los veteranos en varios frentes.&nbsp;<br \/>\nLa legislaci\u00f3n incluye cuatro proyectos de ley copatrocinados por el senador Jeff de Oreg\u00f3n.<br \/>\nMerkley que brindar\u00e1 beneficios a los cuidadores de veteranos gravemente heridos,<br \/>\nmejorar la atenci\u00f3n a las mujeres veteranas, ayudar a los veteranos sin hogar y apoyar<br \/>\nveteranos que viven en zonas rurales.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">\u201cPara los h\u00e9roes estadounidenses que han servido en el extranjero, el<br \/>\nLa transici\u00f3n de regreso a la vida civil no es f\u00e1cil. Y es a\u00fan m\u00e1s<br \/>\ndif\u00edcil para aquellos que han resultado heridos mientras prestaban servicio\u201d, dijo Merkley.&nbsp;<br \/>\n\u201cCon este proyecto de ley, vamos a reforzar la atenci\u00f3n que brindamos a nuestros veteranos y<br \/>\nproporcionar asistencia adicional a grupos de veteranos que han estado durante mucho tiempo<br \/>\ndesatendidos\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Las disposiciones extra\u00eddas de los proyectos de ley copatrocinados por el senador<br \/>\nMerkley ayuda a los veteranos de la siguiente manera:<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Proporcionar cuidadores familiares<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Cumple con la obligaci\u00f3n de VA<br \/>\n     cuidar a los veteranos heridos de la naci\u00f3n brind\u00e1ndoles a sus cuidadores<br \/>\n     con asesoramiento, apoyo y un estipendio de subsistencia<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Brinda atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica a<br \/>\n     los cuidadores familiares de veteranos heridos<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Requiere independiente<br \/>\n     supervisi\u00f3n del programa de cuidadores <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ampliaci\u00f3n de los servicios de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica para mujeres veteranas <\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Requiere<br \/>\n     VA informar\u00e1 al Congreso sobre su evaluaci\u00f3n integral de los servicios de VA<br \/>\n     y programas para mujeres veteranas y presentar un plan sobre c\u00f3mo abordar\u00e1<br \/>\n     cualquier d\u00e9ficit<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Requiere<br \/>\n     VA informar\u00e1 sobre la cantidad de centros m\u00e9dicos de VA que emplean mujeres a tiempo completo<br \/>\n     directores de programas para veteranos<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>autoriza<br \/>\n     VA brindar\u00e1 atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica a un hijo reci\u00e9n nacido de mujeres veteranas calificadas<br \/>\n     durante 7 d\u00edas despu\u00e9s del nacimiento del ni\u00f1o<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Requiere<br \/>\n     VA capacitar\u00e1 a sus profesionales de salud mental en el tratamiento de militares<br \/>\n     trauma sexual <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Mandatos<br \/>\n     que VA implemente programas piloto para brindar cuidado infantil a mujeres veteranas<br \/>\n     que requieran atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica, y brindar servicios de readaptaci\u00f3n a las mujeres<br \/>\n     veteranos<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Llegar a los veteranos rurales<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Ampl\u00eda la autoridad de VA<br \/>\n     Proporcionar incentivos de reclutamiento y retenci\u00f3n para que VA pueda reclutar<br \/>\n     proveedores de atenci\u00f3n m\u00e9dica de alta calidad<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Aumenta la supervisi\u00f3n de<br \/>\n     atenci\u00f3n adquirida en la comunidad exigiendo incentivos financieros para<br \/>\n     proveedores que mantienen altos est\u00e1ndares de calidad <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Expande los VA<br \/>\n     programa de telemedicina y su capacidad para colaborar con la India<br \/>\n     Servicio de Salud y organizaciones comunitarias para brindar servicios m\u00e9dicos,<br \/>\n     incluida la atenci\u00f3n de salud mental, en comunidades rurales<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Programas para mejorar la asistencia a los veteranos sin hogar<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>autoriza<br \/>\n     VA llevar\u00e1 a cabo tres programas piloto que otorgan subvenciones a entidades p\u00fablicas y<br \/>\n     organizaciones sin fines de lucro para los siguientes fines:<\/span> <\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top: 0in;\" type=\"circle\">\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Coordinar los servicios de apoyo a nivel local.<br \/>\n      para ciertos veteranos anteriormente sin hogar <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;\"><span>Brindar asistencia a los veteranos de bajos ingresos y de edad avanzada.<br \/>\n      y sus c\u00f3nyuges que residan en zonas rurales<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC &ndash; The U.S. Senate passed an omnibus bill Thursday that bolsters health care for veterans on several fronts.&nbsp; The legislation includes four bills co-sponsored by Oregon&rsquo;s Senator Jeff Merkley that will provide benefits to caregivers of severely injured veterans, improve care for female veterans, assist homeless veterans, and support veterans living in rural [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[37,55],"class_list":["post-6938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-releases","tag-health-care","tag-honoring-our-veterans"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Senate Passes Package to Strengthen Health Care for Veterans - Merkley<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/senate-passes-package-to-strengthen-health-care-for-veterans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Senate Passes Package to Strengthen Health Care for Veterans - Merkley\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Washington, DC &ndash; 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