New Rules Allow VA Doctors to Refuse Care

An Executive Order from Trump Now Allows V.A. Doctors to Refuse Care to Democrats

If the president loves the troops as much as he claims, he wouldn’t politicize medical care for veterans.

Trump's order can allow VA doctors to refuse treatment to unmarried veterans, Democrats

The new guidelines regarding medical professionals in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) came after Donald Trump's January 30 executive order.

VA Disputes Story Asserting That New Rules Allow Docs to Discriminate

(MedPage Today) -- The VA is vigorously disputing a news story claiming that new policy allows physicians and other medical staff to decline to treat patients based on political party or marital status. The story, reported by The Guardian, "is...

New Rules Let Veterans Affairs Doctors Refuse to Treat Democrats, Unmarried Vets

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. With the changes in place… Source

New Trump Order: VA Doctors Can Refuse Care to Democrats

Under a new Trump executive order, doctors at Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals can now legally refuse to treat patients based on their politics or whether they’re married—meaning veterans who are Democrats or unmarried may be turned away. The rule change, first reported by The Guardian, went into effect quietly and is already being enforced at some VA hospitals. It applies not just to doctors but also to psychologists, dentists, nurse practitione…

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

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