As the son of a vet, I’m disgusted by this: “In response to a January executive order signed by U.S. President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has implemented new guidelines that permit individual doctors and other health professionals to refuse to treat patients based on their marital status or political beliefs, according to Monday reporting from The Guardian.” 🤢🤬

#Politics #USPolitics #VeteransHealthcare #TrumpIsANationalDisgrace

https://www.commondreams.org/news/veterans-trump-executive-order-rules

'Disgusting': VA Doctors Can Now Reportedly Refuse to Treat Unmarried People, Democrats | Common Dreams

New VA guidelines reportedly allow doctors to refuse care based on marital status or politics. Concerns raised about discrimination.

Common Dreams

“Medical staff are still required to treat veterans regardless of race, color, religion and sex, and all veterans remain entitled to treatment. But individual workers are now free to decline to care for patients based on personal characteristics not explicitly prohibited by federal law.

Language requiring healthcare professionals to care for veterans regardless of their politics and marital status has been explicitly eliminated.” 🤢🤬

#USPolitics #VeteransHealthcare

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/16/va-doctors-refuse-treat-patients

VA hospitals remove politics and marital status from guidelines protecting patients from discrimination

Department of Veterans Affairs says the changes come in response to a Trump executive order ‘defending women’

The Guardian
New Lincoln Project ad today is just DEVASTATING

The audio simulates a VA hotline after DOGE cuts of “waste” have rendered in-person counseling unavailable. A troubled veteran is offered counseling by AI instead, “powered by Grok, an X company.” The automated voice tells him Trump and Musk both thank...

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The🍊💩 administration is cutting off funding for the VA to sterilize medical instruments used in surgery and other medical procedures! If you’re a Vet, I hope you won’t need surgery any time soon!
#veteransaffairs #veterans #veteransadministration #veteranshealth #VeteransHealthcare #veteransbenefits

HT @AIF_Massachusetts

"Somerset County March 1st in #Skowhegan, Maine:

(Note that the image we posted before says 1:30 but the Facebook page says 2:30. We will update if we find more information)

Neighbors for #CommonGround Rally"

https://www.facebook.com/events/1050816263754788/
#Maine #SkowheganMaine #Somerset #Unite! #Medicaid #SNAP #AffordableMedications #SpecialEd #VeteransHealthcare #VeteransBenefits #SchoolLunches #Privacy #Security #ShennaBellows #ImakeSchesslerJandreau #MattTownsend

16 Counties for Courage: Neighbors for Common Ground Rally

Event in Skowhegan, ME, United States by Victoria Broadley and 2 others on Saturday, March 1 2025

also known as the "PACT Act", preventing any cuts or delays. -- Amendment SA 659 proposed by Senator Blumenthal. -- Amendment SA 659 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 47 - 52. #Veterans #VeteransHealth #VeteransHealthcare
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without #Medicaid and #Medicare i would be dead. millions of #cancer patients depend on Medicaid to go thru their treatments, but most importantly, American hospitals cannot function at all without Medicare, Medicaid and the #VeteransHealthCare payouts they get from the government. at all.

when i was going through my cancer treatments i noticed the majority of patients were +50 years old. the only young patients were #union workers.

Musk is killing millions, right now, with his Treasury coup.

In a @wsj.com op ed Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy confirmed that they plan to target "unauthorized" federal spending, a category that includes the VA's medical services. Watch the full #CareTalk ep w/ Naveed @commondefense.bsky.social: youtube.com/live/IetnvmR... #doge #veterans #veteranshealthcare

Elon Musk & Vivek Ramaswamy's ...
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Trisha for Colorado: "Danielle"

Danielle Robinson, the widow of US Army Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson, talks about how Lauren Boebert's behavior at the State of the Union and her vote against the PACT Act impacted her Family.
#PACTAct #VeteransHealthcare #Vote4Healthcare #DemCast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hh-HF0PD-zg

Trisha for Colorado Ad: "Danielle"

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Senator Tester got the PACT Act done two years ago when nobody said he could. Why? Because it was the # 1 priority for Veterans and their families. We need to do the same with Senator Tester's Major Richard Star Act—the top legislative issue for veterans and VSOs. Our combat-injured Vets can't wait. #MTPol #JonTester @JonTester #Montana #PACTAct #MajorRichardStarAct #Veterans #VeteransHealthcare