Oppose the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act

The Take Care of America's Veterans Act Pits Veterans Against Veterans

Tell Congress to VOTE NO on H.R. 9237/S. 4744

The Take Care of America’s Veterans Act (H.R. 9237/S. 4744) pits one community of veterans against another by financing new benefits through cuts to benefits and programs that other veterans have already earned.

Rather than fully funding these proposals through the normal appropriations process, this package pays for itself by making significant changes to VA disability compensation and housing benefits. Most notably, the bill eliminates or sharply reduces future disability compensation for veterans suffering from tinnitus and sleep apnea, cutting off an estimated 1.5 million current and future veterans from benefits they would otherwise have earned over the next decade.

The bill also increases the cost of using certain VA home loan benefits. It doubles the VA home loan funding fee for loan assumptions from 0.5% to 1.0% and nearly triples the fee for refinancing from 0.5% to 1.42%, making homeownership more expensive for veterans and military families who rely on the VA home loan program.

Veterans should not be forced to choose between supporting one group of veterans and protecting the earned benefits of another. Congress can support veterans without paying for those benefits on the backs of other disabled veterans and military families.

Make sure your Members of Congress understand the full impacts of this dangerous package and tell them to VOTE NO when the Take Care of America’s Veterans Act (H.R. 9237/S. 4744) comes to the Floor.