The Department of Veterans Affairs, which provides medical care for roughly 9 million former members of the U.S. military, has eliminated thousands of medical positions left vacant after retirements and resignations last year, according to a report.
A New York Times analysis of internal agency records found that VA had chosen not to hire replacements for approximately 14,400 unfilled vacancies in healthcare positions, a total that includes 1,500 doctors and 4,900 nurses and accounts for five percent of its total medical staff.
