Southwest Montana News

Chairman Matt Rosendale of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on Technology Modernization, led a hearing today titled "Ensuring Timely Access: Challenges in VA Scheduling." The focus was on how the Department of Veterans Affairs is managing the implementation of scheduling software for veterans' appointments.

Rosendale expressed concerns about potential intentional delays by current VA leaders. "I have serious concerns that the current leaders of the Department of Veterans Affairs might be intentionally undermining WellHive—and making veterans’ health care slower and more difficult—out of a political hostility to community care," said Rosendale. He emphasized the importance of improving appointment scheduling for veterans and scrutinizing decisions made by the VA. "Today we are going to dig into these decisions and the thought process behind them. Because veterans’ appointment scheduling is too important, and the status quo is too broken, to let any of the projects we are discussing today slip into failure or neglect."