Veteran Health & Welfare
2025 February
2025-02-24 AI automation was integrated into health care claims.
https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2026/01/ai-algorithms-health-insurance-care-risks-research
https://department.va.gov/ai/ai-use-case-inventory/
2025 March
2025-03-05 Veteran Eric Rodriguez warned that Trump’s cut of 400,000 VA jobs brought the VA back to 2019 staffing levels.
2025-03-05 Millions of Veterans feel that privatized healthcare will rapidly eat into the VA budget.
2025 May
2025-05-15 Trump kicked a new VA budget in high gear to privatize VA healthcare and dismantle the system. According to Veteran’s Affairs CMTE, at least 1.2M Veterans will lose their provider AND 62000 Veterans will lose their federal jobs.
https://apwu.org/news/dangerous-new-trump-bill-threatens-veterans-health-care/
https://prospect.org/2026/06/04/trump-kicks-dismantling-of-veterans-health-care-into-high-gear/
https://nmvetscaucus.org/articles/trump-is-dismantling-the-va-to-privatize-veterans-health-care/
VETS LOSING PROVIDERS https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/congressional/4432026/va-workforce-losses-veteran-healthcare/
VETS LOSING JOBS https://www.cbpp.org/blog/veterans-have-borne-trump-administrations-deep-cuts-to-federal-personnel
VETS LOSING JOBS https://www.afge.org/article/new-report-details-how-trumps-policies-are-harming-veterans-va-workers/
2025 June
2025-06-06 Unite4Veterans rallied in Washington DC to protest Trump’s VA cuts.
https://www.unite4veterans.org/
2025-06-13 A VA nurse explained during an interview, “there has been a long-time nursing staffing crisis…on top of that they are saying ‘not only are we not going to hire and fill those positions, we’re going to get rid of more staff”.
2025-06-30 DeSantis vetoed stormwater funding, homeless housing, $200,000 for a Samaritan Resource Center program, and $400,000 for the Transition House Homeless Veterans Program in Osceola County.
2025 July
2025-07-03 DeSantis vetoed funds set aside for “Patriot Passport”, a veteran program designed to allow permanent Florida residents who are veterans to ride transit lines for free.
2025 August
2025-08-01 The Trump administration banned veterans from accessing abortion care or counseling.
https://reproductiverights.org/5-things-trump-va-abortion-ban/
2025-08-12 A VA healthcare audit cited severe staffing shortages on at least 139 medical campuses.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/department-veterans-affairs-shortages-trump
2025 September
2025-09-23 Jon Stewart speaks out at a rally on behalf of veterans. Link here:
2025 December
2025-12-12 The Trump administration started collecting data on immigrants affiliated with the VA and the National Interest Waivers program, which still suffers drastic staffing shortages.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/12/veterans-affairs-homeland-security-data-report
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/department-veterans-affairs-shortages-trump
2025-12-15 Another 35,000 VA jobs were cut.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/13/va-veterans-affairs-job-cuts-trump/
2026 April
2026-04-10 Trump’s 2027 budget will further cut $923M from HIV/AIDS healthcare, $561M from maternal and child health, $576M from mental health including suicide prevention, and $872M from health workforce programs. This would be the single largest spending increase since WWII.
https://healthpolicy-watch.news/ttrump-2027-budget-extends-us-global-and-domestic-health-cuts/
2026-04-18 Trump signed an Executive Order to loosen restrictions on psychedelic therapy treatment for military members suffering from PTSD. This came shortly after podcaster Joe Rogan texted Trump about ibogaine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWOnsAHeKLg&list=WL&index=4
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-signs-order-to-speed-review-of-psychedelics
https://www.npr.org/2026/04/18/nx-s1-5789859/psychedelic-treatments-mental-health
https://time.com/article/2026/04/21/trump-psychedelics-executive-order-what-to-know/
2026 June
2026-06-10 Congress proposed more cuts to VA benefits.