Veterans are really getting screwed by Trump
The Inspector General of the Veterans Department Department published on Tuesday a report on Tuesday revealing staff shortages in the veterans health care system, which will be exacerbated by the Trump administration’s decision to reduce the staffing.
THE Determined audit The fact that the 139 campuses of the medical center within the system will declare that they lacked workers and that the reports of severe shortages for certain positions increased by 50% compared to the previous financial year. He too noted That 94% of the facilities will declare severe endowment shortages for doctors, while 79% declared a nursing shortage.
Surprisingly, this only includes data collected until April, which means that the Trump administration cuts are not fully reflected in the evaluation. Many workers have been pushed to take buybacks launched by the so-called Ministry of Government Effectiveness, cost millions of taxpayers.
The secretary goes Doug Collins pushed for the cuts In the system for months, despite the 9 million veterans who count on the agency.
“The office of the Inspector General’s report confirms our fears today: the VA and the veterans are less well under the management of Doug Collins,” said representative Mark Takano, president of the Chamber of Democrats in the Chamber of the Committee of Veterans Affairs, said in a press release. “Instead of going to an employer of choice, the Collins secretary continues to disseminate the workforce and to strip them of his rights. Now will face critical endowment shortages across the country, resulting in a decrease in access and choice for veterans. The veterans deserve and have won better. ”
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Recently published data shown That doctors choose not to work in the system goes because of this continuous crisis. Between January and March of President Donald Trump’s second term, around 2,000 doctors were offered jobs in the VA system, with almost 40% refusal. This increased the release rate to an increase of 400% of President Joe Biden’s mandate.
Trump began the service reduction process at the start of his second term, Attack the attack on the resources necessary for veterans with a sectarian policy To take out the members of the Transgender Service.
While he has repeatedly claimed to support troops, Trump’s actions prove the opposite – first by referring to Veterans who died like “Lier” and “losers”, and now by stripping the veterans living in their health care.
