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The ''' | The '''[[Department of Veterans Affairs]]''' ('''VA''') is a [[Cabinet of the United States|Cabinet]]-level [[United States federal executive departments|executive branch department]] of the [[Federal government of the United States|federal government]] charged with providing lifelong healthcare services to eligible military veterans at the 170 VA medical centers and outpatient clinics located throughout the country. Non-healthcare benefits include disability compensation, vocational rehabilitation, education assistance, home loans, and life insurance. The VA also provides burial and memorial benefits to eligible veterans and family members at [[United States National Cemetery System|135 national cemeteries]]. | ||
While veterans' benefits have been provided by the federal government since the American Revolutionary War, a veteran-specific federal agency was not established until 1930, as the Veterans' Administration. In 1982, its mission was expanded to include caring for civilians and people who were not veterans in case of a national emergency. In 1989, the Veterans' Administration became a cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs. The [[President of the United States|president]] appoints the [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|secretary of veterans affairs]], who is also a cabinet member, to lead the agency. | While veterans' benefits have been provided by the federal government since the American Revolutionary War, a veteran-specific federal agency was not established until 1930, as the Veterans' Administration. In 1982, its mission was expanded to include caring for civilians and people who were not veterans in case of a national emergency. In 1989, the Veterans' Administration became a cabinet-level Department of Veterans Affairs. The [[President of the United States|president]] appoints the [[United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs|secretary of veterans affairs]], who is also a cabinet member, to lead the agency. | ||
As of June 2020 | As of June 2020 the VA employed 412,892 people at hundreds of Veterans Affairs medical facilities, clinics, benefits offices, and cemeteries. In fiscal year 2016 net program costs for the department were $273 billion, which includes the VBA Actuarial Cost of $106.5 billion for compensation benefits. The long-term "actuarial accrued liability" (total estimated future payments for veterans and their family members) is $2.491 trillion for compensation benefits; $59.6 billion for education benefits; and $4.6 billion for burial benefits. | ||