VA to Host Veteran Town Hall in Bay Mills on March 8

Feb. 28, 2017

IRON MOUNTAIN – Veterans and their families are invited to a Veteran Town Hall at the Bay Mills Resort & Casino in Brimley, Michigan, on Wednesday, March 8, 2017, at 2 p.m.  The Oscar G. Johnson VA Medical Center will be hosting the town hall in the Horizon Conference Center located at 11386 W. Lakeshore Dr.  The town hall is open to all Veterans and their families and friends.   • Lakers seas

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Leaders from the VA medical center, Escanaba Vet Center, Michigan Veterans Affairs Agency, and the Mackinaw County Veterans Service Office will be on hand to provide a presentation on VA benefits and services, discuss updates to the Veterans Choice Program and other initiatives to increase access to VA healthcare, and listen to Veterans’ comments and concerns. 

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“We have done a number of these Veteran Town Halls and found them to be very beneficial in our understanding of Veterans’ concerns and helping them to resolve any issues they may have,” said Brad Nelson, Public Affairs Officer at the Iron Mountain-based VA Medical Center.

The medical center will also be hosting Veteran Town Halls on Wednesday, March 8, at American Legion Post 3 in Sault Ste. Marie at 6 p.m. and on Thursday, March 9, at VFW Post 5144 in Saint Ignace at 6 p.m.