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SARose

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1. Project 2025
Tue Nov 4, 2025, 06:31 PM
Nov 4

Dept of Veteran Affairs starts on page 641.

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In a nutshell, the plan is to outsource most IT positions; push more veterans into community care (private practice) and, ultimately privatize most VA hospitals. They also limit disability claims stating the “disabilities” claimed and covered keep expanding.

My brother was sprayed repeatedly with Agent Orange. He still suffers from PTSD which is mostly controlled. A staunch Republican, he was appalled to read plans for the “new” VA. He wants to know how a civilian physician or psychiatrist can possibly relate to combat issues. He has a point.

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