Source: The American Prospect
by Toni Aguilar Rosenthal
“Former Rep. Doug Collins is Donald Trump’s pick to head the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), a federal agency that oversees the administration of health care to over 9.1 million veterans. Collins, notably, is a veteran himself, but has seemingly little background on veterans issues. His early pronouncements are superficially bland, promising to ‘root out corruption, and ensure every veteran receives the benefits they’ve earned’, among other things. Unfortunately, here Collins seems to be suggesting the mass firing of VA employees, an act purportedly to be accompanied by the expansive downscaling and robust privatization of VA services, perhaps as outlined by Project 2025’s VA section. Privatization and other divestment schemes have a long history at the VA, a history that has continuously proven to hurt veterans while padding the profits of corporate profiteers.” (12/23/24)
https://prospect.org/health/2024-12-23-veterans-affairs-self-made-dialysis-disaster/