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1. Secretary Shinseki Should Work with Hot Springs Community to Continue Care - Opinion Editorials - U.S...
   February 01, 2013

   Facebook Sign Up For Newsletter Opinion Editorials Recent Op Eds Secretary Shinseki Should Work with Hot Springs Community to Continue Care February 1 2013 Senator John Thune In December of 2011 the Department...VA Black Hills Health Care System services located in Hot Springs Fort Meade and Rapid City The proposal sparked great concern throughout Hot Springs and the surrounding communities about how the VA changes...for care at a VA hospital In Pine Ridge for example veterans worry that without access to the Hot Springs VA they will have to rely on the already overburdened Indian Health Service or face significant...

2. A Reason for Gratitude in Tough Times - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   September 17, 2020

   South Dakota veterans and the Hot Springs community are currently celebrating the VA s announcement that it has begun the process of rescinding the order to close the Hot Springs VA facility This was a hard...announced plans to realign read close the Hot Springs VA facility I was well aware of what the Hot Springs facility means to South Dakota veterans and to the entire Hot Springs community and I determined that there...there wasn t going to be a closure if I could help it I knew that closing the Hot Springs facility would put accessible care out of the reach of a lot of rural and tribal veterans Not only rural and tribal...

3. “The Veterans Town” Is Stronger Than Ever - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   March 06, 2020

   2020 Click here or on the photo above to hear Sen Thune discuss the importance of the Hot Springs VA facility Hot Springs recently received some long awaited news their VA medical facility which so many South...with Hot Springs itself so there was no way it was going to shut down at least while I had something to say about it I was joined in the fight by a spirited community of veterans VA employees and Hot Springs...of the Hot Springs facility has been adopted by Congress and signed into law Until there was actually a national realignment strategy in place I didn t believe it was appropriate for Hot Springs to be on...

4. Our Veterans Deserve Better - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   May 16, 2014

   than this and someone needs to be held accountable Unfortunately South Dakota veterans in the Hot Springs catchment area have become all too familiar with the VA turning a deaf ear on their concerns Since...have worked with veterans in the area to outline concerns about how the VA s plans to close the Hot Springs VA facility would impact care for veterans From wait times to quality of care to access to specialized...Environmental Impact Statement EIS at the Hot Springs VA a precursor to closing any VA health care facility Rather than press forward with the closing of the Hot Springs VA I think American veterans would be...

5. Making Good on America’s Commitment to Our Veterans - Opinion Editorials - U.S. Senator John Thune
   August 25, 2017

   needs When I met with VA Secretary Shulkin and the rest of the state s congressional delegation this spring the secretary indicated that he wanted to make these improvements in Rapid City which is separate...