Earlier this year, doctors at Veterans Affairs hospitals raised alarms about severe cuts imposed by the Trump administration that compromised life-saving cancer trials. These cuts meant that over 1,000 veterans risked losing access to essential treatments for serious conditions. While some decisions were reversed, many clinical trials remained stalled, highlighting a troubling disconnect between political promises and actual veterans' care. Internal communications exposed a significant concern about the deterioration of vital healthcare resources, like critical cancer tracking databases, affecting roughly 9 million veterans.
In March, VA officials across the country warned that a critical resource - databases for tracking cancer - would no longer be kept up to date.
Doctors at Veterans Affairs hospitals in Pennsylvania sounded an alarm, stating sweeping cuts were causing 'severe and immediate impacts' including to 'life-saving cancer trials.'
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