Veterans Emergency Care Reimbursement Act of 2025

This legislation, the Veterans Emergency Care Reimbursement Act of 2025, aims to expand the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) ability to reimburse veterans for out-of-pocket costs associated with emergency treatment received outside VA facilities. It modifies current law to allow the VA to reimburse copayments of $100 or more , clarifying that "copayment" excludes deductibles and coinsurance. The bill also broadly defines "reimbursement claim" to include various cost shares like deductibles and coinsurance, even if previously denied by the VA. Crucially, these amendments are applied retroactively to all reimbursement claims for emergency treatment furnished on or after February 1, 2012. This includes claims from the *Wolfe v. McDonough* class action lawsuit, providing relief to a wider group of veterans for past expenses.