Chatter, Tennessee. to Chatter Luke’s veterans are concerned about the federal cuts of Veterans.
Last week, the Associated Press obtained internal notes that explained in detail the efforts to re -organize 80,000 workers.
Veterans are in charge of health care and pensions for Veterans and their families.
According to VA, every year, health care provides 9.1 million veterans.
VA TN Valley Healthcare System has several places throughout Tennessee, including places in ChatTanooga.
Veterans, such as Ashton Mavers, are concerned about how this affects the treatment of veterans due to the continuous reduction of budget and dismissal of employees.
“The Marine Corps gave me all the tools and everything I needed to fight while I was. VA provides all the tools that need to fight while I’m going out.”
Mavers served in the Marine Corps for five years. He says that seeking help in VA has saved his life.
“If my treatment is no longer delayed or I have to wait for another, I’m still not sure if I’m around.”
Mavers is that his biggest concern is that the recent dismissal can reduce or delay the tools for other Veterans.
Mavers said, “Cutting employees usually does not make a better effort. Changes should be out of the top.
Last week, VA’s Doug Collins Minister of VA mentioned recent cuts.
“Our goal is to reduce the level of VA employment to about 398,000 employees at the current level of about 470,000 employees. Now we have reduced 15%. We will achieve this without reducing health care or benefits to Veterans and VA beneficiaries.”
In the statement, a spokesman for Va Tennessee Valley Healthcare System said:
“Va Tennessee Valley Healthcare System has rejected a few probation staff this month.”
She added that it would not have a negative impact on medical, benefits or services.
Captain Miki McKami is a naval veteran.
He says these cuts have many uncertainty.
“What is happening now, those who are not justified are being removed. I hope that in Chattonooga, it will have a minimum influence on us.”
Captain McCamish is also chairman of Chattonooga Unite Veterans Resource Center.
“We have a partner relationship with VA and provide services that VA cannot provide. So if there is a service that is struggling, we can meet and help it.”
Learn more about ChatTanooga Unite Veterans Resource Center.
VA reporter Pete Kasperowicz sent the following statement:
VA health care has been on a high -risk list of the government responsibility office for 10 years, and according to GAO, VA faces the entire system of “supervising patient safety, approaching treatment, hiring important employees, and satisfying future infrastructure demands.”
We want to reform the department to solve these problems and other problems. The VA is already redirection of billions of dollars from non -temporary critical efforts to veteran face -to -face services, which will lead to huge improvements without reducing health care or benefits.
Veterans of the United States are better qualified than risk health care systems for 10 years. We are obliged to do better for Veterans, families, caregivers and survivors for VA for allegedly serving, and this is what we do.
