This Government Accountability Office has reported that the VA’s long-term care budget plan for the rehabilitation of veterans in nursing homes, hospices and community centers is flawed.  Costs have been understated by millions of dollars.  Read this article from The Associated Press to learn why.

According to latest GAO report, the VA is believed to have:

_Undercut its 2009 budget estimate for nursing home care by roughly $112 million. It noted the VA planned for $4 billion in spending, up $108 million from the previous year, based largely on a projected 2.5 percent increase in costs. But previously, the VA had actually seen an annual cost increase of 5.5 percent.

_Underestimated costs of care in noninstitutional settings such as hospices by up to $144 million. The VA assumed costs would not increase in 2009, even though in recent years the cost of providing a day of noninstitutional care increased by 19 percent.

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