TY - JOUR T1 - BUdgeting veterans’ health AU - Mitka M Y1 - 2009/06/10 N1 - 10.1001/jama.2009.785 JO - JAMA SP - 2318 EP - 2318 VL - 301 IS - 22 N2 - Shinseki stated his opinion April 29 in testimony before the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs. The hearing was called to explore advanced appropriations as a budgeting mechanism for the VA. Legislation calling for such appropriations, the Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009, was introduced in the House and Senate on February 12 (HR 1016 and S 423 [http://thomas.loc.gov]). SN - 0098-7484 M3 - doi: 10.1001/jama.2009.785 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2009.785 ER -