Biden signs veterans bill co-sponsored by Sen. Maggie Hassan into law

By Marissa Barrett

Biden signs veterans bill co-sponsored by Sen. Maggie Hassan into law

Veterans will receive better health care and other benefits under a bill President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday night.The law expands in-home care to veterans by covering services at the same rates as nursing home care.>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<It also creates a program for the Department of Veterans Affairs to hire home health workers and allows surviving spouses of some service members who died on duty to retain education benefits if they remarry. Sen. Maggie Hasson co-sponsored the bill.

Veterans will receive better health care and other benefits under a bill President Joe Biden signed into law Thursday night.

The law expands in-home care to veterans by covering services at the same rates as nursing home care.

>> Download the free WMUR app to get updates on the go: Apple | Google Play <<

It also creates a program for the Department of Veterans Affairs to hire home health workers and allows surviving spouses of some service members who died on duty to retain education benefits if they remarry.

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