Also, as a side note, the indicators for the legend in Figure 1 were misplaced and a corrected version will be published shortly. The attached picture has the correctly labeled trend lines.

This trend matters for all VA enrollees, not just those enrolled in Medicare. Shout-out to my favorite dual Medicare/VA enrollee, my Dad, and the Brockton VA that he raves about

In this study of veterans dually enrolled in Medicare/ the VA, we examined national trends in ED visits. We found that the % of community ED visits among this population paid by the VA increased sharply after MISSION Act implementation, while the % of Medicare visits declined.