US EditionNew Rules Allow VA Doctors to Refuse Care
UNITED STATES, JUN 16 – The VA's policy revision allows medical staff to refuse care based on political affiliation or marital status, affecting 9 million veterans and raising concerns about discriminatory treatment.
- New VA hospital rules allow staff to deny care to veterans based on political affiliation or marital status.
- The VA serves over 9 million veterans and updated its bylaws to remove protections against discrimination based on characteristics not explicitly protected by federal law.
- Internal documents show that the changes are already in effect at some VA centers, as confirmed by the VA's press secretary.
- Dr. Arthur Caplan called the changes 'unethical' and 'an effort to exert political control over the VA medical staff.
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