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How Are Follow-Up Appointments Managed Through VA Community Care? What Veterans with Ongoing Conditions Need to Know

You have glaucoma. Your VA provider referred you to a community ophthalmologist through VA Community Care. The specialist examined you, adjusted your medications, and told you to come back in three months. You schedule the follow-up, show up, and three weeks later receive a bill for $400 the VA did

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