A local state senator and a local representative have joined fellow legislators in asking President Donald Trump and Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., to help our nation’s veterans.
In the letter, Senator Andre Jacque, along with Representative Lindee Brill and eleven other state legislators, requests that the president make the necessary adjustments to “facilitate state participation in the Veterans Match component of the Public Assistance Reporting Information System (PARIS).”
The PARIS program is a data-sharing tool designed to prevent duplication of public assistance benefits and connect veterans with the benefits they have earned, but it remains underutilized due to a federal inter-agency data use dispute.
Specifically, the group is asking President Trump and Kennedy to “resolve the federal inter-agency data-sharing impasse…authorize or encourage CMS to recognize VA coverage as third-party liability…(and) consider creating incentives for state participation in the PARIS Veterans Match.”
The group says in the letter, “By restoring and facilitating access to data that ensures federal benefits are prioritized over state-funded assistance, your action would honor the service of our veterans, provide real taxpayer savings, and fulfill this administration’s goals of eliminating waste and improving the effectiveness of government programs. We urge you to prioritize this matter and stand ready to work with you to ensure that every eligible veteran in Wisconsin—and across the nation—receives the care and support they have earned.”
