Post B1FB3mlhOP6kHKJsH2 by PG19582@mastodon.social
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(DIR) Post #B1F9s4HuKVrbBXEYMa by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-14T15:35:17Z
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#VA plans to abruptly eliminate tens of thousands of #healthcare #jobs
Strains on the #VeteransAffairs system could grow with the elimination of as many as 35,000 mostly unfilled #health care positions, including #doctors & #nurses.#Trump #Republicans #military #Veterans #service #ServiceMembers #betrayal #USpol #law https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/13/va-veterans-affairs-job-cuts-trump/
(DIR) Post #B1FABj137zgf0FinpI by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-14T15:38:28Z
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The Dept of #VeteransAffairs plans to abruptly eliminate as many as 35k #healthcare positions this month, mostly unfilled #jobs including #doctors, #nurses & #support staff, acc/to an internal memo, #VA staffers & congressional aides.
The cuts come after a massive reorganization effort already resulted in the loss of almost 30k employees this year.
#Trump #Republicans #military #Veterans #service #ServiceMembers #medical #health #betrayal #USpol #law
(DIR) Post #B1FAE13R23y9WlviG8 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-14T15:40:19Z
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Agency leaders have instructed managers across the #Veterans #Health Administration, the agency’s #healthcare arm, to identify thousands of openings that can be canceled. Employees warn that the contraction will add pressure to an already stretched system, contributing to longer wait times for care.#Trump #Republicans #military #Veterans #VeteransAffairs #VA #service #ServiceMembers #medical #betrayal #USpol #law
(DIR) Post #B1FAcWp8Z9gp0avl0C by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-14T15:44:20Z
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The decision comes after #VeteransAffairs Secy Douglas A. Collins, under political pressure from #Congress, backed away from a plan to slash 15% of the agency’s workforce through #MassFirings. Instead, the #VA lost almost 30k employees this year from buyout offers & attrition.
The agency hopes that the cuts will reduce the #healthcare workforce to as little as 372k employees, a 10% reduction from last year, acc/to a memo shared with regional leaders last month….#Trump #Republicans #Veterans
(DIR) Post #B1FAoWHAQeaYmgl8LY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-14T15:46:54Z
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Details of the cuts came into focus in recent days, acc/to 17 staffers at VA & congressional aides….The nation’s largest government-run #healthcare system has struggled to fill vacancies amid a broader national shortage of #health care workers & a strained federal workforce. Job applications to the agency have also fallen 57% from last year, acc/to the agency’s workforce report last month.#Trump #Republicans #military #Veterans #VeteransAffairs #VA #service #betrayal #USpol #law
(DIR) Post #B1FB3jgcqoGciivHRw by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-14T15:49:41Z
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The reorganization comes in advance of an expected announcement next week that Collins plans to also shrink the network of 18 regional offices that administer the nation’s #VA #hospitals & #medical centers, acc/to 4 people familiar… Staff at those regional offices help determine policies & manage staffing. Collins & others have been critical of the agency’s top-heavy administrative offices, arguing that staffing cuts there will free up more resources for #healthcare.#Trump #Veterans #betrayal
(DIR) Post #B1FB3mlhOP6kHKJsH2 by PG19582@mastodon.social
2025-12-14T15:49:40Z
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@Nonilex our veterans are already waiting months in some cases for help at the VA and this is not going to improve that! We still lose an average of 16 of our men and women to suicide EVERY DAY! We need to do better!
(DIR) Post #B1FBEs9Bjb6I97aplY by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-14T15:51:44Z
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The #health system grew by tens of thousands of employees under the #Biden admin as more #veterans enrolled in #VA #healthcare after passage of the #PACTAct, which expanded benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits. Then-secretary Denis McDonough urged veterans to be seen by VA doctors rather than request referrals to private practitioners outside the system.#Trump #Republicans #military #VeteransAffairs #service #ServiceMembers #medical #health #betrayal #USpol #law
(DIR) Post #B1FBR8khp4gp7YzWl6 by Nonilex@masto.ai
2025-12-14T15:53:56Z
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But the #Trump admin has said it wants more #veterans to seek treatment outside the government system. Political appointees at #VA & their allies have also said they favor a leaner #healthcare workforce because they think #physicians & other #health care providers could be more productive, said one former appointee who is close to the Trump team.#Republicans #military #Veterans #VeteransAffairs #service #ServiceMembers #medical #betrayal #USpol #law
(DIR) Post #B1FC5p6BnaP22WRIO0 by Yoshi@toot.community
2025-12-14T16:01:13Z
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@Nonilex Yet, there will be thousands of MAGAts (maga traitors) who support shitcanning vets.
(DIR) Post #B1FC6p0fcCpM3MKlOK by Hippasus500@federate.social
2025-12-14T16:01:26Z
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@Nonilex #PresidentBonkers wants to drive up demand for health care insurance. Of course that means his cronies controlling the insurance supply get ever richer at the expense of the people who have given the most to defend America and its values.A true patriot.#Republicans #military #Veterans #VeteransAffairs #service #ServiceMembers #medical #betrayal #USpol #law
(DIR) Post #B1FDb4AfuTxZiW00Tw by johnelalamo@mcr.wtf
2025-12-14T16:18:03Z
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@Nonilex Q. Aren’t there lots of Veterans in the States?
(DIR) Post #B1FiUkpnzH6WaShwHI by garland@social.seattle.wa.us
2025-12-14T22:04:16Z
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@Nonilex “See? Government-run healthcare doesn’t work (because we strangled it)”
(DIR) Post #B1FmyQI3KpYFNFK4qe by JoeStewart@toot.io
2025-12-14T22:54:28Z
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@Nonilex Well, this Veteran doesn’t want to use third party healthcare services. The services I receive through the Boston VA are excellent but, perhaps more important, they are delivered by people accustomed to working with Veterans - they are kind.