text: The Choice Program needs to be changed!!! What most people don't know is the hidden truth about the Choice Program... 
  If you live within 40 miles of any VA facility you do not qualify for the program even if the VA facility doesn't have the capability of caring for the veterans needs. 
  Example: I need physical therapy for my hip and because I live about 10 miles from a small VA clinic I can't use the Choice Program because I live within 40 miles of that clinic even though the clinic has no capability of doing PT. 
  I have to drive over 50 miles one way to a VA hospital to receive PT. By the time I'm done with PT I'm in a lot of pain driving home the other 50+ miles that takes approximately 2 hours due to construction and traffic!!! 
  They need to change it to read if a veteran lives within 40 miles of a VA facility that isn't capable of treating the veteran, then the veteran qualifies to use the Choice Program!!!