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Ready, Fire, Aim: Haphazard Cuts, Organizational Turmoil, and a VA Promise in Danger
This excellent article appeared in Civil Service Strong. Please read the intro and then click on the whole article. It is truly comprehensive, not to mention critical. Kudos to the authors.
Authors: Nicole Nedd and Josh Jacobs
This memo...
1,000 Health Care Workers Protest Take-Over of Their Local.
By Steve Early and Suzanne Gordon
Photo by SJ Objio
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In 2009, a political di...
VA built dozens of new veteran health centers but can’t find enough doctors and staff
By Brian Todd, CNN
October 1, 2026
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When the Department of Veterans Affairs...
Why It’s Inappropriate for Physicians to Call Patients by Their First Name...
Today I had an encounter which triggered what will be, dear reader please excuse me, a rant about hierarchy in healthcare. It’s a subject I have grappled with not only as a journalist and healthcare researcher but also as a patient. Here’s...
VA Amnesia and How to Remedy It?
The other day, I did a presentation with Oscar Arbulu, a Marine veteran and executive director of the organization I co-founded, the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute (VHPI). We spoke about the threats to the VA at a Bay Area Rotary Club...
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