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Today, ASA announced its opposition to H.R. 2234, the Ensuring Veterans Timely Access to Anesthesia Care Act of 2025, legislation that would dismantle the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs’ (VA) well-established physician-led, team-based model of anesthesia care and move VA hospitals and clinics nationwide to a rarely used nurse-only model, regardless of state law. The current VA model of anesthesia care is one of VA's most thoroughly researched, studied and reviewed policies. The physician-led, team-based model is the same model of care practiced in every top hospital in the country, and it is a model that aligns with the state licensure and practice laws of the vast majority of states. ASA continues to support physician-led anesthesia care at VA facilities that recognize well-established state law and licensure. Veterans deserve access to the exact same standard of care that civilians receive — not a different standard and not a lower one.
Date of last update: March 24, 2025
