Sen. Tester tours new VA clinic in Havre

U.S. Sen. Jon Tester D-Mont. visited the soon-to-be-opened Merril Lundman VA Clinic at the Holiday Village Mall Wednesday, and said it is an impressive facility that will make local veterans proud.

The new clinic is nearly three times the size of its pervious location on 13th Street was designed to make use of the VA’s Patient Aligned Care Team — PACT — model, which is meant to make it a one-stop shop for nearly all veterans medical needs.

Tester said this is especially important since so many veterans have multiple interlocking medical problems, all of which need to be addressed comprehensive...