{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://herrerabeutler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394733", "VA Announces Plans to Serve Southwest Washingtons Rural Veterans with Mobile Medical Unit beginning in October", "2014-09-29", "2014", "2014-09", "Republican", "House", "WA", "Jaime Herrera Beutler", "H001056", "herrerabeutler.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "The VA has announced that it will send its Puget Sound mobile medical unit to Raymond to serve Southwest Washington\u2019s rural veterans.\r\n          share:\r\n          f \r\n          t \r\n        \r\n      \r\n      The VA has announced that it will send its Puget Sound mobile medical unit to Raymond to serve Southwest Washington\u2019s rural veterans.\nCongresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler has been working with the VA for more than two years to give veterans in Southwest Washington access to this resource that brings primary health care to rural areas. Some veterans in Southwest Washington must travel 150 miles roundtrip to obtain care from a VA facility.\u00a0 The mobile medical unit program was designed to bridge this gap by bringing basic care such as checkups, flu shots, and prescription filling closer to remote and rural communities.\nThe VA has announced that it will deploy its mobile medical unit to Raymond for one week every quarter, beginning with the following scheduled appearance next month. \u00a0According to VA personnel, walk up appointments will be available, and if there is not availability upon arrival, veterans will have the option to be scheduled for a later time or day.\n\nWhen: 10/14 \u2013 9am-3pm\n10/15 \u2013 8am-3pm\n10/16 \u2013 8am-3pm\n10/17 \u2013 8am-Noon \nWhere: American Legion  \n221 Duryea St  \nRaymond, WA 98577 \nServices include: \n\u00b7Primary health care appointments and walk-ups\n\u00b7Physical Exams\n\u00b7Flu shots and other immunizations\n\u00b7Prescriptions\n\u00b7Labs\n\u00b7 Assistance in signing up for VA benefits\n\n\u201cWe have a responsibility to make sure every veteran has access to\u00a0the quality health care they were promised,\u201d said Jaime. \u201cAfter more than two years of working to make sure the federal government better utilizes this taxpayer-funded resource, I am pleased that the VA will finally use its mobile medical unit to regularly serve Southwest Washington vets.\u00a0 I hope veterans will come take advantage of this opportunity to get care closer to home. Currently, most veterans in the Pacific County area must travel more than 60 miles each way to get even basic care like flu shots or prescriptions from a VA facility. Given the need to fix the VA\u2019s overall system for serving veterans, this is a good step.\u201d \n\u00a0\nBackground on Jaime\u2019s efforts to bring the Mobile medical unit to Southwest Washington: \n \u00b7 July, 2012: Jaime formally requested that the Puget Sound Mobile medical unit be deployed to Southwest Washington. Click here to read more. \u00a0 \n \u00b7 May, 2013: Jaime introduced a legislative provision to audit the VA\u2019s Mobile medical unit program. Click here to read more. \n \u00b7 May, 2014: As a result of Jaime\u2019s legislative efforts, an audit is performed revealing gaps and identified recommendations for improvement. Click here to read more.  \n \u00b7 June, 2014: Jaime sends letter to VA Secretary General once again requesting the Puget Sound Mobile medical unit be deployed to Southwest Washington. Click here to read more.", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://herrerabeutler.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394733"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 4.113966133445501, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}