Internal VA Emails Reveal How Trump and DOGE Cuts Jeopardize Veterans' Care
Briefly

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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