Healthcare IT News April 4, 2025
After staff and program cuts at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, lawmakers showcased how the loss of funding and employee expertise could affect care delivery for vets, data security for patients and more.
Updated April 4 with comments from the VA.
Some lawmakers on Capitol Hill, in an effort to protect service veterans’ federal jobs and contracts – and their healthcare and the sensitive health data entrusted to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs – are taking action. They’re holding hearings, hosting roundtable public discussions with fired vets and drafting new laws designed to protect service members from the actions of the Trump administration and its Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).
For instance, Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., the Senate...
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