The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) primarily provides medical coverage for veterans who have experienced service-related disabilities. Its unique system was developed to meet the targeted health care needs of veterans, unlike other federal government programs that provide health coverage to a large and diverse population of patients. While it provides access to care for our nation’s 9 million veterans, the VA tends to cover fewer medicines on its national formulary than what is available in other large government programs, like Medicare Parts B and D.
