Veterans already endure backlogs and delays. With 132,960 veterans in Utah, federal cuts will push an already strained system ...
I have also seen the immense challenges they face, including staffing shortages, long wait times and an ever-growing demand for care. Now, with the decision to slash 80,000 jobs from the VA, those ...
He said he is focused on improving quality of care and shortening wait times. He denounced accusations of “random cuts” as efforts to “scare my veterans.” With tens of thousands of layoffs underway at ...
Amid rising concerns about how DOGE cuts to Social Security will impact Americans, Representative Don Beyer (D-VA) attempted ...
“The Biden Administration astronomically grew the department’s budget and number of employees, and VA wait times and backlogs ...
Already dismal wait times to see doctors for primary care or mental health will get worse with proposed budget cuts.
In an interview with WTOP, U.S. Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins defended the sweeping federal cuts being carried out ...
Veterans and VA employees also say wait times for appointments are increasing. One VA employee who works to enroll veterans in health care told The War Horse her department is seeing a big uptick ...
Nationwide, more than nine million veterans get physical or mental health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
VA spokesperson Peter Kasperowicz told Reuters mental health professionals, such as psychologists and social workers, were ...
and longer wait times for veterans to see a doctor – to say nothing of the serious threat to patient safety or the threat of VA medical centers closing. Make no mistake: this will only empower ...
I have also seen the immense challenges they face, including staffing shortages, long wait times and an ever-growing demand for care. Now, with the decision to slash 80,000 jobs from the VA ...