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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 ...
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 ...
NPR
Congress looks to ease veterans' use of health care outside the VA
WATERLOO, Iowa — John-Paul Sager appreciates the care he has received at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals and clinics, but he thinks it should be easier for veterans like him to use their ...