LGBTQ Nation
VA bans doctors from referring trans veterans to private gender-affirming care providers
Doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have been instructed to stop providing forms and support letters that refer veterans to private medical providers for gender-affirming care. Veterans ...
Military.com
VA to Give Veterans One-Year Authorizations to Seek Care from Private Providers in 30 Specialties
Veterans seeking care in the Department of Veterans Affairs' community care program in 30 specialties will not have to get reauthorization from the VA for a year under a new policy announced by the ...
Military Times
VA leaders push back deadline for caregiver program changes to 2028
Veterans Affairs leaders on Friday announced plans to delay dismissals of legacy families from the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers until after September 2026. (Cpl. Reece ...
LGBTQ Nation
GOP bill would ban gender-affirming care for veterans in “broader effort to worsen” VA health care
The Congressional Equality Caucus (CEC) slammed House Republicans for passing a military spending bill that would prevent veterans from receiving gender-affirming care. The House passed the Military ...
Stars and Stripes
VA gives veterans a year of uninterrupted private health care for 30 different medical specialties
WASHINGTON — From cardiology and eye care to addiction treatment and mental health counseling, 30 different types of private medical services will be available to veterans for up to a year without ...
Stars and Stripes
Veterans advocates, nonprofit health groups argue over merits of VA care vs. private care
WASHINGTON — Professional caregivers and veterans groups argued over the merits of private medical care versus care at the Department of Veterans Affairs during an emotional House Veterans’ Affairs ...
Military Times
VA to ease authorization rules for some outside care, raising concerns
Veterans wait to get prescriptions filled at the pharmacy in the Sacramento Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Rancho Cordova, Calif., on April 2, 2015. (Rich Pedroncelli/AP) Veterans Affairs ...
CNN
Hundreds of VA doctors and caregivers warn that cutbacks, policy changes threaten veterans’ care
Hundreds of current and former VA doctors, nurses and other caregivers have issued a warning to the Department of Veterans Affairs about the negative impacts of the agency’s recent staffing cuts and ...
CNN
VA move to pay nearly $2 billion for private health providers inflames partisan debate over ‘privatizing’ veterans’ care
The Department of Veterans Affairs has transferred nearly $2 billion in funding for its health care system to pay for care from private providers, the agency told CNN. The reallocation represents a ...
The American Prospect
Despite Vow to Protect Health Care for Veterans, VA Losing Doctors and Nurses
This article was produced by Capital & Main, an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political, and social issues. It is co-published here with permission. “Our staffing ...
USA Today
VA Secretary Collins focused on upgrades to veterans health care
In February, Doug Collins was sworn in as the 12th secretary of Veterans Affairs during a time of continued public scrutiny of the quality of care veterans receive. A former congressman representing ...