Ep. 3: Pete Hegseth and the Conservative Assault on Veterans’ Healthcare

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Ep. 3: Pete Hegseth and the Conservative Assault on Veterans' Healthcare

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For decades, the Koch Network and its GOP allies have been working to gut the VA health care system through “privatization.” Their efforts could leave millions of veterans without affordable, high-quality care. Co-hosts Anne Kim and Garrett Epps speak with Suzanne Gordon and Steve Early, two of the nation’s foremost experts on the VA system.

Gordon is the author of numerous books and articles on the VA system, including Wounds of War: How the VA Delivers Health, Healing, and Hope to the Nation’s Veterans. Gordon and Early are also co-authors of Our Veterans: Winners, Losers, Friends, and Enemies on the New Terrain of Veterans Affairs.