Health & Well-Being

2025 February

2025-02-24 The Trump administration integrated AI to automate both general population healthcare and VA health care claims.

https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-press-releases/physicians-concerned-ai-increases-prior-authorization-denials

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 Millions of Veterans feel that privatized healthcare will rapidly eat into the VA budget.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/03/25/veterans-fear-trump-administration-plans-privatize-va-health-care.html

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://levin.house.gov/media/op-eds/militarycom-the-new-va-budget-pushes-to-privatize-care-risking-the-veterans-health-system

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-veterans-affairs-privatize-health-care-1235398423/

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

2025-06-30 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.

https://www.clickorlando.com/news/politics/2025/06/30/desantis-vetoed-nearly-14b-from-the-budget-heres-which-central-florida-projects-lost-money/

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.

https://floridapolitics.com/archives/746043-gov-desantis-deletes-funding-for-veteran-transit-passes-in-palm-beach-county/

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 September

2025-09-24 Pete Hegseth shut down the Women Advisory Council for the military.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/24/politics/hegseth-shuts-down-women-advisory-military

2026 April

2026-04-21 Senator Roger Wicker of the Senate Armed Services Committee criticized the Pentagon for getting rid of flu shot mandates for military readiness.

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2026/04/21/flu-vaccine-requirement-discarded-effective-immediately-hegseth-says/

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5841737-gop-armed-services-chair-warns-ending-mandatory-military-flu-shots-a-mistake/

https://theweek.com/politics/hegseth-military-flu-vaccine-requirement

2026 June

2026-06-10 Congress proposed more cuts to VA benefits.

https://www.dav.org/learn-more/news/2026/dav-condemns-congressional-proposal-to-cut-disability-benefits-for-1-5-million-veterans/

https://democrats-veterans.house.gov/news/press-releases/veterans-service-organizations-and-veterans-reject-the-largest-veterans-benefits-cut-in-a-generation

2026 July

2026-07-15 Hegseth announced a new policy to test troops for low testosterone.

https://apnews.com/article/hegseth-pentagon-testosterone-testing-troops-47333bbf3af9e4cac432722332ff1383

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jul/15/us-military-testosterone-screening-hegseth