VA doctors warn cuts, privatization threaten veterans’ healthcare

Roughy 170 physicians and other medical workers claim Trump administration has weakened veterans' health system. Trump officials deny their policies are hurting veterans

Nearly 100 doctors who have practiced at the US Department of Veterans of Affairs (VA) issued a mass letter on Wednesday raising urgent concerns" about Trump administration policies that they said will negatively affect the lives of all veterans".

The letter sent to congressional leaders, VA secretary Doug Collins and the agency's inspector general marks the first time VA physicians have spoken collectively about staffing cuts and aggressive privatization moves at the nation's largest integrated healthcare system.