VA halts gender-affirming care for transgender veterans
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will no longer offer gender-affirming medical treatment to transgender former service ...
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VA Ends Gender Dysphoria Treatments, Redirect Funds To Paralyzed Vets
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) will phase out medical treatments for gender dysphoria, channeling all savings into care for paralyzed Veterans and amputees, the agency announced Monday. The ...
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VA claims $2B in savings from contract cuts — then reverses course
(VA) Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect a change in position by Veterans Affairs leadership. Veterans Affairs leaders this week touted $2 billion in savings for department ...
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VA reverses course, halts contract cancellations after pressure from Congress
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Wednesday paused an effort to terminate hundreds of contracts after pressure from Democrat lawmakers, according to Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee ...
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VA secretary emphasizes reforms, accountability for federal workforce
“I want this to be heard clearly by every organization, but especially by those inside the VA walls and the VA workforce: We will not settle for anything less,” Collins told Disabled American ...
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Speak Up Before VA Health Care Is Gutted
Powerful leaders in Congress have quietly unveiled their plan to gut VA-delivered care, wrapped in the misleadingly titled "Veterans' ACCESS Act." If veterans don't act fast, they will lose the VA ...
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VA begins reversing contract cancellations that support medical care, facilities
"We were taking in millions of dollars in contracts to create things like PowerPoint slides and meeting minutes," VA Secretary Doug Collins said on Tuesday. "Millions of dollars in contracts for ...
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Veterans are speaking out on the Trump administration's plans to cut the VA's budget
He supports President Donald Trump and adviser Elon Musk's cost-cutting program — even if it affects the VA. “We're no better because we're veterans,” said Watson, 68, of Jesup, Georgia.
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As the VA celebrates 100 years of medical research, the very people doing that job are being fired
“They’re doing this with people’s lives,” said one VA researcher who lost their job this month. “There’s no, like, ‘OK, we’ll build a new spaceship and put it back on the launch pad.
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VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk
The pause affects hundreds of VA contracts that Secretary Doug Collins a day earlier described as simply consulting deals, whose cancellation would save $2 billion as the Trump administration ...
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VA layoffs could cut 80,000 employees nationally. What Memphis VA could expect
The VA will undergo a review of operations with the goal of cutting over 80,000 jobs. The cuts are part of an initiative spearheaded by Elon Musk's DOGE program, which aims to reduce government ...