Today, U.S. Senator Charles E.

Schumer pushed bi-partisan legislation that would ensure

children of severely disabled veterans are able to stay on their VA-sponsored health insurance
plan CHAMPVA until age 26, which is a benefit offered to dependent adult children on
private health insurance plans but not to those who receive CHAMPVA. Schumer explained that
over 13,000 New Yorkers are enrolled in CHAMPVA, but due to outdated CHAMPVA rules,
adult children get kicked off the plan at age 18 if they are not full-time students and then at age
23 regardless of enrollment status. Schumer said that it is unfair to our military families
especially to the children of those who have made the greatest sacrifice that they are not able to
keep adult children on their health insurance plan as long as everyone else. Schumer announced
that he will be pushing legislation to right this wrong and raise the maximum age of coverage
under CHAMPVA to 26, bringing it in line with private insurance policies. Schumer noted that
TRICARE, an insurance plan for military personnel and their families, had a similar flaw that
was recently fixed through similar legislation.

Number of CHAMPVA Recipients Throughout New

York State: 13,000
Number of CHAMPVA Recipients in Upstate New
York and Long Island: 10,784

Capital Region
COUNTY

Number of CHAMPVA
Recipients Per County

VA Health Centers Recipients

Can Access

Albany

221

Columbia
Fulton
Greene

48
74
66

Montgomery

75

Rensselaer

119

Saratoga

177

Albany Stratton VA Medical

Center

Catskill Community Based

Outpatient Clinic
Fonda Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Troy Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Clifton Park Community Based
Outpatient Clinic

Schenectady

83

Schoharie
Washington
TOTAL

39
89
991

Schenectady Community Based

Outpatient Clinic

Central New York

COUNTY

Number of CHAMPVA
Recipients Per County

VA Health Centers Recipients

Can Access

Cayuga

98

Auburn Community Based

Outpatient Clinic

Cortland
Lewis
Madison
Oneida

44
71
123
373

Onondaga
Oswego

506
210

Rome Community Based

Outpatient Clinic
Syracuse VA Medical Center
Oswego Community Based
Outpatient Clinic

TOTAL

1425

Rochester Finger Lakes

COUNTY

Number of CHAMPVA
Recipients Per County

VA Health Centers Recipients

Can Access

Genesee
Livingston
Monroe

134
62
471

Batavia VA Medical Center

Ontario
Orleans
Seneca
Wayne
Wyoming
Yates
TOTAL

125
95
75
131
65
64
1222

Rochester Community Based

Outpatient Clinic
Canandaigua VA Medical Center

Western New York

COUNTY
Cattaraugus
Chautauqua

Number of CHAMPVA
Recipients Per County

VA Health Centers Recipients

Can Access

194

288

Erie

1489

Niagara

345

TOTAL

Olean Community Based

Outpatient Clinic
Jamestown Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Dunkirk Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Buffalo VA Medical Center
Lackawanna Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Springville Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Lockport Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Niagara Falls Community Based
Outpatient Clinic

2316

Southern Tier
COUNTY

Number of CHAMPVA
Recipients Per County

VA Health Centers Recipients

Can Access

Allegany

111

Broome

261

Chemung

238

Chenango

81

Delaware
Otsego
Schuyler
Steuben
Tioga
Tompkins

77
105
37
212
73
59

TOTAL

1254

Wellsville Community Based

Outpatient Clinic
Binghamton Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Elmira Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Bainbridge Community Based
Outpatient Clinic

Bath VA Medical Center

Tompkins/Cortland VA
Outpatient Clinic

Hudson Valley
COUNTY

Number of CHAMPVA
Recipients Per County
167

Dutchess

VA Health Centers Recipients

Can Access
-

Orange
Putnam

320
58

Rockland

106

Sullivan

Castle Point VA Medical Center

Eastern Dutchess Pine Plains
Clinic
Poughkeepsie Community Clinic

Carmel Community Based

Outpatient Clinic

79

Ulster

127

Westchester

386

Monticello Community Based

Outpatient Clinic
Kingston Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Montrose VA Medical Center
White Plains Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Yonkers Community Based
Outpatient Clinic

TOTAL

1243

North Country
COUNTY

Number of CHAMPVA
Recipients Per County

VA Health Centers Recipients

Can Access

Clinton

129

Essex

65

Franklin

100

Hamilton
Herkimer
Jefferson

9
116
213

St. Lawrence

246

Warren

80

TOTAL

958

Plattsburgh Community Based

Outpatient Clinic
Westport Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Malone Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Saranac Lake Community Based
Outpatient Clinic

Watertown Community Based

Outpatient Clinic
Massena Community Based
Outpatient Clinic
Glens Falls Community Based
Outpatient Clinic

Long Island
COUNTY

Number of CHAMPVA
Recipients Per County

Nassau

552

Suffolk

823

VA Health Centers Recipients

Can Access
-

Total

Northport VA
East Meadow Outpatient Clinic
Valley Stream Outpatient Clinic
Nassau Vet Center (Hicksville)
Bay Shore Outpatient Clinic
Patchogue Community Outpatient
Clinic
Riverhead Outpatient Clinic
Babylon Vet Center

1375

Methodology
Data for the number of CHAMPVA recipients per county was provided by the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs (VA).