The worst RIFs are evaded for now, but the long-term future of veterans’ health care is still threatened by privatization.
Denis McDonough
Why Is the Biden Administration Continuing Trump’s Veterans Privatization Scheme?
Republican rules are encouraging worse and more expensive care through Trump-era regulations. The Department of Veterans Affairs needs to change course.
A Veterans Health Commission Dies an Early Death
The panel was supposed to weigh in on the fate of VA hospitals, but threats to close facilities led senators to kill it.
Democrats Are Stacking the Deck Against Vets
Biden may soon put the VA’s future in the hands of privatization advocates.
Memo to the Veterans Affairs Secretary: Don’t Close VA Facilities
A new study adds more evidence to why the agency’s health care system treats vets better than private facilities. Denis McDonough should take notice.
Denis McDonough’s Last Chance to Fix the Department of Veterans Affairs
The slow march to the privatization of veterans’ care began on McDonough’s watch. As Biden’s VA Secretary, can he turn back the clock?

