The Economic Times By ET Online
A spokesperson for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has denied a report published in the Guardian that Veterans Administration was changing its policies regarding care delivery to veterans in VA Health facilities. The report suggests that US President Donald Trump’s executive order can lead to doctors at the VA denying treatment to unmarried veterans and Democrats. Documents obtained by the Guardian show that hospital new rules, based on Trump’s January 30 executive order, have already gone into effect at some VA medical centers.
The new rule also apply to psychologists, dentists and a host of other occupations, the Guardian report says. However, a VA spokesperson has disputed key facts reported in that article, according to a report in Healthcare Innovation.
VA on Guardian report
The report says that doctors and medical professionals working for the Department of Veterans Affairs can now refuse to treat Democrats and unmarried veterans. Previously, VA hospital bylaws barred medical staff om discriminating against patients “on the basis of race, age, color, sex, religion, national origin, politics, marital status or disability in any employment matter. But individual workers are now free to decline to care for patients based on personal personal characteristics not explicitly prohibited by federal law…
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