Jobs & VA Staffing

2025 March

2025-03-05 Veteran Eric Rodriguez spoke out after the Trump administration cut 400,000 jobs, dragging the VA back to 2019 staffing levels.

2025 June

2025-06-13 During an interview, a VA nurse cited, “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 August

2025-08-12 An audit of the VA healthcare system showed 139 medical campuses were suffering severe staffing shortages.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/08/13/watchdog-finds-50-increase-va-medical-center-jobs-severe-shortages.html

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/13/department-veterans-affairs-shortages-trump

https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/newsletters/2024/august/severe-shortages-of-doctors-and-nurses-have-persisted-for-a-decade-at-va-facilities-report-finds

2025 December

2025-12-15 The Trump administration planned to eliminate tens of thousands of VA health care jobs, reportedly around 35,000.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-veterans-affairs-agency-plans-health-care-job-cuts-wapo-reports-2025-12-13/

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/va-eyeing-35000-health-care-job-cuts-drawing-rebuke-from-veterans-group

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/12/13/va-veterans-affairs-job-cuts-trump/

https://dccc.org/jen-kiggans-silent-as-trumps-va-plans-to-eliminate-tens-of-thousands-of-jobs-reduce-veteran-care/