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ProPublica: Trump Administration Plots Costly Private-Care Expansion for Veterans

“Last June, President Donald Trump signed a landmark law on veterans’ health care after months of tense negotiations…”

“The moment left no doubt that the Trump administration is determined to use the new law to expand the private sector’s role in veterans’ health care. The administration is working on a plan to shift millions more veterans to private doctors and is aiming to unveil the proposal during Trump’s State of Union address in January, according to four people briefed on the proposal. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to disclose information about the administration’s plans…” Read the full article here.

Source: Trump Administration Plots Costly Private-Care Expansion for Veterans – By Isaac Arnsdorf, November 15, 2018. ProPublica.

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Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert
Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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