VA To Shut Down Hospitals While Veterans Die Waiting For Benefits

VA To Shut Down Hospitals While Veterans Die Waiting For Benefits

The Veterans Administration is whining about money problems again. It seems that they’ve blown through $16 Billion in just over a year. And so, on very short notice, they sent out a dire warning:

The Department of Veterans Affairs may have to shut down some hospitals next month if Congress does not address a $2.5 billion shortfall for the current budget year, VA officials warned Monday.

The VA told Congress that it needs to cover shortfalls caused by an increased demand by veterans for health care, including costly treatments for hepatitis C. The agency also is considering furloughs, hiring freezes and other steps to close a funding gap for the budget year that ends Sept. 30.

How do they plan to fix their money woes? Its a two-part solution it seems. First, lets raid the Veterans Choice program. That particular $10 billion dollar program was put in place just last year. But that’s not all. The next phase of their “solution” is to close some hospitals. Which ones you ask? That’s anyone’s guess. However, I’d bet that the Aurora, CO facility pictured below will NOT be on that list.

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