The problems of VA preparedness predate the Trump administration.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
Donald Trump Has a Bridge to Sell You
His proposed public-infrastructure plan is, of course, a fraud. Democrats beware.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The VA Is Becoming a Temp Agency for Private Hospitals
A VA facility in Las Vegas is preparing to ‘embed’ nurses in private hospitals, filling the gap in veteran patient care on the taxpayer’s dime.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Everyone Should Care Who the New Postmaster General Is
Postal unions fear that the Trump administration will use the selection of the next postmaster general to initiate its agenda of postal privatization.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
The Continuing Bid to Privatize Veterans’ Care
Disguised as an effort to reduce veteran suicide, the Improve Act has become a magnet for corporate influence.
Posted inHousing
Public Housing Is Going Private, and It’s Congress’s Fault
HUD has turned to the private market for money that legislators won’t provide.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Private Utility Companies Keep Merging and Merging
A reported deal between PPL and Avangrid would create an East Coast energy giant with over 13 million customers. That could be bad for ratepayers, and the climate.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Disrupting Democracy: When Big Tech Takes Over a City
Google partner Sidewalk Labs wants to remake the Toronto waterfront as a privately run digital development. It may really be a digital dystopia.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Congressional Black Caucus Institute Takes CoreCivic Cash, Boosts Policies That Help Private Prisons
As it benefits from the corporate coffers of private prison giant CoreCivic, the institute advocates privatized reentry programs from which the company profits.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
How Private Prison Companies Could Get Around a Federal Ban
Structured as real-estate investment trusts, private companies could receive funds to build prisons and lease them to governments for use.
