Friend in New England called me yesterday, and said the VA in her area is

[allegorical oracle]

a "shit show." She's a VA nurse practitioner and said they're having to turn patients away from packed waiting rooms every day. The staff has been cut in half, and all remaining are working overtime to see at least 50 patients/day. Surgeries have had to be canceled.

New staff scheduled to come on board have been diverted to other VA facilities or opted to take a private practice job.
Any people near retirement, among the most medically experienced, are gone. Even those who will receive just a portion of their pension have gone, too.

TSF said there would be a "little pain." Guess he and the DOGE goons didn't figure on how painful it can be to have your cancer surgery canceled after already surviving a months-long wait.

[dalton99a]

1. Kick

[gab13by13]

2. Cutting costs so Magats can pass

the 4.7 trillion dollar tax cuts for billionaires.

[EarthAbides]

3. It's all on purpose

The fascist pig lies all the time.

[allegorical oracle]

4. First reaction is that he hates veterans. Yet his mouth waters at the prospect of a

N Korea, China, or Russia-style military parade. If I had a son or daughter who's thinking about enlisting, I'd be advising against it. Why serve a demeaning, neglectful POTUS who may call you a loser or sucker for all your effort?

[Pacifist Patriot]

5. My husband's best friend is a psychiatric nurse at the VA. It's a shit show everywhere.

[PatSeg]

6. Hey, "a little short term pain for long term gain"

In the end, we will all be rich and happy...well, except for those who don't make it that is. Collateral damage I suppose. What an absolute monster.

[Haggard Celine]

27. Shock Doctrine.

They've been moving toward this goal for many years and we're almost there. We"re going to see some radical libertarianism.

[PatSeg]

28. Sadly, I think you're right

[Aristus]

7. A former supervising physician of mine is currently working at the VA in West Virginia, of all places.

I spoke with him by text, and he tells me things are going well there for him and his patients. He encouraged me to come work for the VS, citing the benefits. I respect him tremendously, but there's no way I'm going to work for the VA, now or ever, certainly not with everything that's going on right now.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

13. Hell no! I'm glad I'm retired from my psych social work position.

The agency that was running our org. got rid of us after cuts to mental health happened about seven years ago and they decided we were “too expensive” to keep, so for about a month we all had to wonder whether we were going to have jobs or not. Luckily, another agency picked us up. After I hear RFK talking about how they need to send people with mental illnesses to camps or farms or some others have the attitude - just throw them in jail (which already happens a lot). Then his talk about psychotropic medications - how they are dangerous and don’t work concerns me greatly. If you took away psychotropic meds from everyone, there would be chaos. Since I take some myself, it scares me even more. I can just picture the institutions they would put people in because it’s “cheaper” or “more effective.”

[allegorical oracle]

29. Wonder with the orange jerk's ordered increase in coal mining, whether that

will make a caseload difference. But that's good news for W Va.

[NoMoreRepugs]

8. Those who served and sacrificed DESERVE to be FIRST in line for medical care and psych/financial assistance if they need

it - PERIOD.

[not fooled]

9. Die, proles

Useless eaters, suckers and losers...once you are no longer producing for the economy, just die.

That's what red don and his oligarch puppeteers want to happen.

[kerry-is-my-prez]

14. Yep - the elderly sick and mentally ill are just a drain on society.

[bdamomma]

33. Not on

our watch, what they want is NOT what they are going to get!!!!! WE need to pushback.

He's a weak sick mental case.

[BoRaGard]

10. "Ha ha. Veteran 'suckers and losers.' Ha ha." - Krasnov (GOP Draft-Dodger-in-Chief)

GOP is pissing all over our honorable veterans....

[Kaleva]

11. I'm in a rural area and I go to private practices that the VA pays for

It’s been awhile since I’ve been to a VA clinic or hospital so I don’t know the situation there.

[maxsolomon]

12. It's going to take a while for the anger to build

But it probably won't put a dent in Veteran's support of MFer.

[blue_jay]

16. I'm watching and waiting to see if sentiment changes

will definitely share if I see any movement toward the direction of reality and sanity.

[Martin68]

15. The military will not be supporting this administration. Usually spiring dictatorships develop strong ties with the

military, because their power ultimately resides in they ability to force to population to obey them. These are the stupidest wannabe authoritarians in history.

[calimary]

17. Well, maybe it IS a "little pain" for trump & friends.

But THEY mean the annoyance of people with good reason to complain about the results received from trump & friends. I guess they must think it's a better response than "Jeez, people, will you SHUT UP ALREADY???"

[allegorical oracle]

30. "But the country's gonna be SO RICH" he repeatedly says. I ask, "For whom?" nt

[Cha]

18. The Sick Fuck Needs A Lot of "Pain" to

Boomerang on what he's Doing to Everyone Else Except Billionaires.

[dchill]

19. Completely sure he's a Big Pain.

[Wounded Bear]

20. Ugh, so far the Seattle VA hospital has been functioning OK...nt

[BOSSHOG]

21. CONSERVATIVE VALUES on display

[Hassler]

22. Memo to: magats, especially vets.

He wants to kill you! Bobby Brain worm is all you need to see. He wants you dead!

[DENVERPOPS]

23. AND just wait for the next Pandemic

The Dr.'s, Nurses, etc will all stay at home this time around......

Fits perfectly with these new Republican's mantra: IF YOU GET SICK, DIE..........

[TexLaProgressive]

24. This is the rpuke playbook on steroids and meth.

When a program that is reasonably successful they throw monkey wrenches into the work to reduce or eliminate it ability to serve. Then use this to eliminate the program.

Make it ineffective and those who were happy with the service they received will become disgruntled and turn against it. These gives the PTB more ammo.

[AllaN01Bear]

25. remember , ive seen said on here many times , the rs dont give a hoot hoot hot. never have ,

never will.

[biophile]

26. New England-the blue states pay first

The exact state wasn’t mentioned but I think VA hospitals in blue areas get “hit” first.

[uponit7771]

31. MAGA hates Americans

[Faux pas]

32. Kicking with

TOTAL DISGUST

[Gum Logger]

34. Trump championed the burther movement making it obvious back then he was an odious waste of flesh.