BREAKING: Trump Admin Rule Allows VA Doctors to Deny Care to Democrats and Unmarried Veterans
Trump rule allows VA doctors to deny care to democrats and unmarried veterans
A new rule under the Trump administration has stripped key nondiscrimination protections from VA hospitals, allowing medical staff to refuse treatment based on political affiliation and marital status.
The change follows a January executive order signed by President Trump that mandates all federal agencies align with what it calls “biological truth” and “traditional values.” In response, the Department of Veterans Affairs quietly updated its bylaws to remove protections against discrimination for political views, gender identity, and marital status.
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This means VA doctors, nurses, and other staff can now legally refuse to treat Democratic veterans or those who are unmarried. Medical ethics experts have called the move dangerous and unprecedented, warning it could lead to widespread denial of care across more than 1,000 VA clinics and hospitals.
The VA insists eligible veterans will still receive treatment, but the new rules give individual providers broad discretion to opt out based on personal beliefs. Critics warn the policy opens the door to politically motivated medical discrimination.
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I would expect my fellow doctors at the VA (I am now retired) to continue to treat the person in front of them with their specific needs rather than turn away from caring for those they may disagree with. That would be abhorrent, and not what would be expected.
Trump and his regime are pure evil sick SOBS. They want to hurt anyone that is not them. I hate these MF