ASA’s Congressional Testimony Urges Congress to Block VA’s Effort to Remove Anesthesiologists from Veterans’ Care

ASA President-Elect Ron Harter, MD, FASA will testify tomorrow at the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health hearing titled “VA’s Federal Supremacy Initiative: Putting Veterans First?”. 

In his testimony, Dr. Harter will share that: “ASA is committed to Veterans and knows that the physician-led anesthesia care team model serves Veterans best. This issue is not about what ASA wants or even what the VA Office of Nursing Services wants. The issue is what is best for the health and well-being of our nation’s Veterans, including the new PACT Act Veterans. VA has the right policy in place right now and we need the Subcommittee to continue to support it.”

Read his full submitted statement, part of which will be shared live during the hearing.

Watch the hearing live tomorrow, September 19 at 10:15 am ET here.

Review the list of witnesses and their prepared testimony here.

American Legion survey finds Veterans prefer a physician to provide anesthesia care.