Veterans Push Back Against Hegseth’s Proposal to Slash VA Benefits
In March 2018, then-President Donald Trump was meeting with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Dr. David Shulkin to discuss how to improve health care for America’s veterans. But it wasn’t Shulkin’s opinion Trump truly cared about—it was that of Pete Hegseth, a Fox News personality at the time. Hegseth’s views on veterans’ health care stood out: he strongly believed that veterans should have more freedom to use private health care instead of the VA, even if that meant limiting ...
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