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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Tara Copp and Carla K. Johnson

VA pauses billions in cuts lauded by Musk as lawmakers and veterans decry loss of critical care

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The Department of Veterans Affairs has temporarily suspended billions of dollars in planned contract cuts following concerns that the move would hurt critical veterans' health services, lawmakers and veterans service organizations said Wednesday.

The pause affects hundreds of VA contracts that Secretary Doug Collins a day earlier described as simply consulting deals, whose cancellation would save $2 billion as the Trump administration works to slash costs across the federal government.

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