VA doctors warn cuts, privatization threaten veterans' healthcare

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1. Veterans deserve better -- this is a national disgrace.

This letter is nothing short of a red flag for every American who claims to support our veterans. When nearly 170 VA professionals — doctors, psychologists, caregivers — risk their careers to blow the whistle on reckless policies, we better listen.

Privatizing veteran healthcare isn't "reform" — it's abandonment. Forcing veterans into overloaded, profit-driven systems that lack the specialized care VA provides is a betrayal, not a solution. These are men and women who served their country — and this is how we repay them?

The Trump-era push to gut the VA, slash staffing, and hand over services to private contractors doesn’t just weaken the system — it endangers lives. And let’s be honest: this isn’t about improving care, it’s about lining the pockets of private healthcare executives.

If we allow this trend to continue, we’re complicit. Congress needs to act — not with more empty words, but with legislation that protects and invests in the VA system. Veterans don’t need slogans. They need care. They need specialists. They need stability.

And they deserve a country that doesn’t abandon them when the cameras are off.