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“#Lawmakers: Postal changes delay mail-order medicine for vets<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n WASHINGTON \u2014 Policy changes that slow delivery at the US Postal Service are taking a toll on military veterans, who are reporting much longer wait times to receive mail-order prescript<\/a>ion drugs, according to Democratic senators.<\/p>\n

In a letter Friday, the 31 senators take aim at new Postmaster General<\/a> Louis DeJoy, a GOP fundraiser who took the post in June and has since imposed several operational changes that have led to mail backlogs across the United States. His cost-cutting measures have come as President Donald Trump rails against increases in mail-in voting and says he may hold up postal funding to impede the balloting in November.<\/p>\n

The senators say they\u2019ve heard from hundreds of veterans, as well as Department of Veterans Affairs staff, who cited weekslong mail delays, \u201ccausing veterans to miss doses of vital medications.\u201d<\/p>\n

The VA website offers assurances that prescriptions typically arrive within three to five days.<\/p>\n

The lawmakers called on DeJoy to reassess the impact of the postal changes on veterans and urged him to work with VA Secretary Robert Wilkie to reduce delays. Veterans are an important constituency for Trump, broadly supporting him in 2016 and during his presidency.<\/p>\n

\u201cAccess to prescription medications is especially integral during the COVID-19 pandemic when routine health care appointments may be delayed or cancelled,\u201d according to the letter, which was led by Montana Sen. Jon Tester, the top Democrat on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee. \u201cNo veteran should have to wonder when their antidepressant or blood pressure medication may arrive \u2014 and the effects can be devastating if doses are missed.\u201d<\/p>\n

In a statement, VA disputed the notion that mail-order prescriptions were arriving weeks late and pointed to guidance on its website encouraging veterans to request refills at least 10 days before they need it.<\/p>\n

\u201cVA always encourages veterans to order routine prescriptions in advance,\u201d said VA spokeswoman Christina Noel. \u201cWhen it comes to emergent prescriptions, VA either fills them onsite or uses commercial carriers to ensure timely delivery.\u201d She said prescriptions delivered by the Postal Service are averaging less than three days for delivery, while 95% of those sent by UPS next-day service have been on time.<\/p>\n

VA fills about 80% of veteran prescriptions by mail. That translates to almost 120 million prescriptions a year, with deliveries arriving daily to about 330,000 veterans across the country.<\/p>\n

Michigan Sen. Gary Peters, the top Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security Committee, has been investigating the postal delays after he said DeJoy failed to provide answers about why they were happening. Peters is asking a dozen veterans organizations to provide him with information about wait times for mail-order prescriptions or other problems. He says some veterans<\/p>\n

have reported to him financial harm caused by late fees after their bills and payments took much longer to arrive in July and August.<\/p>\n

Memos from post office leadership, obtained earlier this month by The Associated Press, detailed an elimination of overtime and a halting of late delivery trip<\/a>s that are sometimes needed to make sure deliveries arrive on time. One document said if distribution centers are running behind, \u201cthey will keep the mail for the next day.\u201d Another said: \u201cOne aspect of these changes that may be difficult for employees is that \u2014 temporarily \u2014 we may see mail left behind or mail on the workroom floor or docks.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional records obtained by the AP outline upcoming reductions of hours at post offices, including closures during lunch and on Saturdays.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose who gave so much to serve this country should be able to count on the nation\u2019s Postal Service to deliver their medications in a timely manner,\u201d the lawmakers wrote Friday.\n <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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