{"id":514,"date":"2026-08-04T04:44:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:44:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/?p=514"},"modified":"2026-08-04T04:44:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T04:44:21","slug":"southern-arizona-va-sees-surge-as-more-veterans-enroll-in-va-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/?p=514","title":{"rendered":"Southern Arizona VA sees surge as more Veterans enroll in VA health care"},"content":{"rendered":"
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More Veterans Signing Up: Southern Arizona VA Reports 6.5% Enrollment Increase in FY2026<\/h2>\n

The Southern Arizona VA Health Care System<\/a> (SAVAHCS) Eligibility and Enrollment team has announced a 6.5% increase in Veteran enrollments so far in fiscal year 2026, a significant rise that supports the Choose VA initiative, a national effort to increase Veteran awareness of VA healthcare benefits<\/p>\n

From October 2025 to March 2026, SAVAHCS welcomed 1,433 Veterans into VA healthcare services, surpassing the 1,345 enrollments recorded during the same period in the previous fiscal year. The growth comes as Choose VA encourages Veterans to take advantage of the expansive healthcare offerings within the VA system.<\/p>\n

Margarita Rosas, eligibility and enrollment supervisor, credited her team\u2019s dedication for the positive results. \u201cI am proud of the Eligibility and Enrollment Team for their consistent excellence and genuine commitment to serving Veterans,\u201d she said. \u201cTheir performance, teamwork and compassion make a meaningful impact every day and reflect their dedication to the mission of providing exceptional care to those who have served our country.\u201d<\/p>\n

How to check your VA health care eligibility<\/h2>\n

Veterans interested in checking their eligibility for VA healthcare can do so by visiting Eligibility for VA health care<\/a> or by contacting their local VA medical center<\/a>. Eligibility is based on factors including service history, disability status and income.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Source: VA News<\/a><\/p>\n

Source: VA News<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From October 2025 to March 2026, SAVAHCS saw 1,433 Veterans enroll in VA healthcare, surpassing 1,345 enrollments during the same period last year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":173,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-u-s-veterans-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=514"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":763,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/514\/revisions\/763"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thirstier.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}