To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide the same level of health care for certain Filipino World War II veterans residing in the Philippines that veterans residing in the United States receive.
Filipino Veterans Health Care Act of 1998 - Amends Federal veterans' benefits provisions to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, in determining the inability of certain Filipino resident veterans to defray the necessary expenses of veterans' medical care, to apply a ratio to reflect the differences between median per capita income levels in the United States and the Commonwealth of the Philippines.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
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