'Make the VA fail': DOGE puts PTSD research and veterans’ cancer care on the chopping block

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One day we will wake to his obituary :-)

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The Department of Government Efficiency cancelled and then reinstated almost 300 contracts at the Department of Veterans Affairs earlier this week. But there are more contracts that are on the chopping block, including ones that are “central to patient safety,” NBC News reported Thursday.'

“What had been a list of 875 VA contracts scheduled for termination a little over a week ago has now become 585 canceled contracts, theVA said Monday," Gretchen Morgenson and Laura Strickler report. "The about-face is a rare public retreat by the so-called efficiency operation known as DOGE, which has come under fire for moving to ax crucial government services and overstating the value of some of its savings to taxpayers.”

On Wednesday, the VA announced that they would be laying off 80,000 workers, after dismissing 2,400 last month.

READ MORE: 'Republicans are lying': Top Dem says government report confirms fears about Medicaid cuts

The VA said the remaining cuts “will not negatively affect Veteran care, benefits or services” and “were identified through a deliberative, multi-level review.”

But these moves could lead to the privatization of healthcare for veterans. “They’re trying to push veterans into community care,” one VA official said, meaning services provided outside of the VA. “And to do that, they’re doing everything they can to make the VA mission fail.”
 
Sen. Richard Blumenthal, (D-Conn.) who is the ranking member on the Veteran Affairs Committee, said Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins was being “reckless” to cancel contracts.

“Make no mistake, cancelling these contracts will cause harm to veterans and VA care and benefits,” Blumenthal said in a statement. “And it is completely unacceptable there has been no transparency, accountability, or consultation surrounding these contracts. By intentionally concealing from Congress the full list of contracts cancelled, Collins makes clear his intentions to use these terminated services as numbers for his press release, with zero regard for veterans.”
 
Magats_Love_NHB said:

MSN

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The Department of Government Efficiency cancelled and then reinstated almost 300 contracts at the Department of Veterans Affairs earlier this week. But there are more contracts that are on the chopping block, including ones that are “central to patient safety,” NBC News reported Thursday.'

“What had been a list of 875 VA contracts scheduled for termination a little over a week ago has now become 585 canceled contracts, theVA said Monday," Gretchen Morgenson and Laura Strickler report. "The about-face is a rare public retreat by the so-called efficiency operation known as DOGE, which has come under fire for moving to ax crucial government services and overstating the value of some of its savings to taxpayers.”

On Wednesday, the VA announced that they would be laying off 80,000 workers, after dismissing 2,400 last month.

READ MORE: 'Republicans are lying': Top Dem says government report confirms fears about Medicaid cuts

The VA said the remaining cuts “will not negatively affect Veteran care, benefits or services” and “were identified through a deliberative, multi-level review.”

But these moves could lead to the privatization of healthcare for veterans. “They’re trying to push veterans into community care,” one VA official said, meaning services provided outside of the VA. “And to do that, they’re doing everything they can to make the VA mission fail.”
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PTSD is a known scam for people that want to get a disability check. While it is a valid diagnosis for SOME it is being abused by many. I have family member that is one of the people that game the system.
 
FastLane said:
PTSD is a known scam for people that want to get a disability check. While it is a valid diagnosis for SOME it is being abused by many. I have family member that is one of the people that game the system.
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You are complicit in their crime "doctor".
 
FastLane said:
Nope they lied to their doctor. I never saw them in an official capacity and what I know is third hand.
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You not reporting them for the crime you know of is being complicit. But you'd know that if you were an intelligent person. Continue protecting criminals and see where that gets you.
 
Each time they do something like this, some of the workers will not come back, and most of the workers will start making plans to leave.
 
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