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Veterans' VA Referrals to Private Medical Care Will No Longer Require Additional Doctor Review
The VA announced that it is enacting a provision of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits ...
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VA nurses to detail impact of administration’s drastic cuts and anti-worker policies on veterans health care
In a congressional briefing on Tuesday, May 20, registered nurses who work at Veterans Health Administration (VA) facilities ...
V.A. Mental Health Care Staff, Crowded into Federal Buildings, Raise Patient Privacy Alarms
Clinicians at the Department of Veterans Affairs say the president’s return-to-office order is forcing many of them to work ...
Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump Cuts Jeopardize Veterans’ Care, Including To “Life-Saving Cancer Trials”
Despite a congressional mandate to expand care for veterans, internal Veterans Affairs messages obtained by ProPublica paint ...
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Federal watchdog urges VA to prioritize patient safety and improve access to community care
A federal watchdog is urging the Department of Veterans Affairs to bring greater focus to improving patient safety, ...
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Mental Health and Substance Misuse Treatment Is Increasingly a Video Chat or Phone Call Away
More Californians are getting mental health or substance use disorder treatment online or over the phone than in person, ...
Military Times8d
Breaking down Trump’s executive order mandating multiple VA reforms
Department of Veterans Affairs ... patients. During his presidential campaign last year, Trump had promised major upgrades to the Manchester VA Medical Center to dramatically expand its health ...
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Oregon veterans and VA staff fear Trump cuts could harm veteran benefits, health care
research and patient care with Oregon Health & Science University and is physically connected via a skybridge. Another medical center sits in nearby Vancouver, Washington. The Veterans Affairs ...