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 ...
Yahoo
Veterans Affairs doctors banned from writing surgery referrals to private providers for trans vets
The change, finalized in July, amends Veterans Health Administration Directive 1134(3), which governs how VA clinicians provide medical statements and fill out VA and non-VA forms. Since 2016, ...
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 ...
Stars and Stripes
GOP lawmakers push for passage of the ACCESS Act to strengthen private health care coverage for veterans
WASHINGTON — The Republican chairmen of the House and Senate Veterans’ Affairs committees said they will push for passage of legislation to expand veterans’ access to private medical care outside the ...
FOX5 Las Vegas
VA doctors warn that cutbacks, policy changes threaten veterans’ care
(CNN) - Hundreds of current and former Veterans Affairs doctors, nurses and other caregivers have issued a warning to the Department of Veterans Affairs. In the mass letter sent Wednesday to VA ...
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 ...