"VA Secretary David Shulkin has said the redeveloped program would include new eligibility requirements to obtain care outside the VA. The program, which has been criticized as complex and confusing, allows veterans to go to a private sector facility now if they live more than 40 miles away from a VA facility or can’t get an appointment at the VA within 30 days." "Trump’s budget proposes to reinstate a practice to round down veterans’ cost-of-living adjustments and boot some disabled, unemployed veterans from a program that allows them to receive higher disability payments."