Veterans
Suzanne Gordon reports on the problems facing American veterans.
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Defending VA Veterans Health Care on D-Day
Thousands of veterans mobilize to oppose the gutting of direct care and the move toward privatization.
Jun 11, 2025
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VA Secretary Collins: Indifferent to Public’s and Congressional Opposition to His Gutting Veterans’ Care
In congressional testimony, he refused to take responsibility for his drastic downsizing.
May 23, 2025
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Inside the VA’s War on Unions
How some (but not all) VA unions became a national-security threat
Apr 30, 2025
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Doug Collins’s Cancel Culture
The VA secretary is targeting the wrong contracts to eliminate waste and inefficiency.
Mar 12, 2025
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VA Research Funding Slashed
Though not as prominent as the NIH, VA researchers play a major role in advancing basic health science. Hundreds of projects have been cut.
Feb 25, 2025
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A ‘Middle Finger’ to Vets
Trump’s new VA secretary is a bigger threat to veterans’ care than Elon Musk.
Feb 19, 2025
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Suicide by Rental Truck: America Gets Another Violent Wake-Up Call From Vets in Distress
Twenty years of war has created tens of thousands of broken men and women.
Jan 13, 2025
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Is Denis McDonough a Slow Reader?
The VA secretary’s professed ignorance about a report he commissioned describing an ‘existential threat’ to his agency is alarming.
May 14, 2024
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Privatization Warning
A VA advisory panel issues a red alert on outsourcing.
Apr 11, 2024
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Trump’s VA Plans Look Too Much Like Biden’s VA Reality
While Project 2025 plots VA dismantling, its Biden-appointed leader tells workers to ‘stay out of politics.’
Feb 19, 2024
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‘$23 Billion Up for Grabs’
Joe Biden’s embrace of VA outsourcing just got worse.
Oct 25, 2023
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Gunning for More VA Privatization
Veterans just dodged a GOP bullet to their health system, but now they face bipartisan fire once again.
Jul 11, 2023
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Unhealthy Competition
How creeping privatization of health care services for military veterans is not helping patients or their caregivers.
Apr 17, 2023
⏩ Do Veterans Need a New Agenda in Washington?
A discussion of issues affecting veterans and why progressives should pay more attention to veterans affairs
Dec 9, 2022
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VA Research Verges on Breakdown Without Congressional Action
A reinterpretation on funding sources for VA researchers affiliated with academic institutions is imperiling irreplaceable studies of veterans’ health.
Sep 26, 2022
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Congress and the VA MISSION Act
Buyer’s remorse or full speed ahead?
Aug 10, 2022
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How Private-Sector Care Can Harm Veterans
One father’s wake-up call is illustrative as the VA attempts to outsource more care.
Jun 1, 2022
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Biden’s VA Secretary Proposes Shutting Down Dozens of Facilities
It’s both bad politics and bad policy.
Mar 21, 2022
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Trump’s VA Legacy: Human Capital Mismanagement
A human resources modernization system has made it incredibly difficult for the Veterans Health Administration to hire new staff.
Jan 19, 2022
