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The VA’s new private care program is going to be yet another tech nightmare, review finds
As the Trump administration prepares to launch a controversial program to expand private medical care for veterans, the Department of Veterans Affairs is developing a software tool to determine who's eligible. But the tool is so flawed, according to an independent review obtained by ProPublica, that it threatens to disrupt the health care of about 75,000 veterans every day.
The Question No One Is Asking About Privatizing The VA
Does privatizing essential human services such as those for military veterans serve the public interest? New research suggests that privatization may come at a social cost.
He’s A Service Member And Child Of A War-Wounded Vet. Can He Succeed As The Next VA Chief?
The son of a soldier wounded during the Vietnam War, he claims he was born in “khaki diapers.” Now, former...
A ‘Temporary’ Measure To Save The VA Could Actually Kill It. Here’s How
Last June, during a hearing before the U.S. Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., declared that there were...
The Overwhelmed VA Choice Program Is Running Out Of Money — Again
All last summer, lawmakers on Capitol Hill scrambled to find more than $2 billion in emergency funding to keep the...
He Runs VA. He Soothes Trump. He Is: The Most Interesting Doctor In The World
By most accounts, Dr. David J. Shulkin, the secretary of veterans affairs, is a reasonable man thrust into an impossible...