VA Cuts Staff, Improves Care — Says the Magic Fairy
The VA’s plan to "reduce the workforce by nearly 30,000" sounds like the setup for a dark comedy, not veteran care. Nearly 40% of doctors declined job offers, quadrupling last year’s reject rate, and the VA confidently claims 'VA is headed in the right direction.' Meanwhile, vets wait 41 days for surgery appointments and hospitals have 'empty rooms, locked doors.' One Marine vet’s wife said, 'There’s a lack of staff... It feels like something that’s not healthy.' Guess they skipped 'healthcare 101' and went straight to dystopia.
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The VA cut its health staff so hard, even the docs are running. But hey, they're "headed in the right direction," which must be somewhere between 'abandon ship' and 'send help.' Veterans just hoping for a parking spot, let alone a doctor.
When 4 in 10 doctors say 'nah' to VA jobs, you know your staffing plan is basically that scene in every heist movie where everything goes wrong. Spoiler: the heist here is veterans getting care.
Watching the VA try to cut staff and improve care is like watching someone reorder deck chairs on the Titanic while firing the crew. Wait times rising, morale sinking—yacht party canceled.
Source: Propublica | Published: 8/8/2025 | Author: by David Armstrong, Eric Umansky and Vernal Coleman
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