Hegseth and Collins’ Push for Cutting Veterans’ Health Benefits Alarms Service Members and Veterans Groups

Kate Kuzminski, the director of the military, veterans, and society program at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS), said there is a conversation that could be had about moving some veteran health services – particularly those services that are not for things directly linked to military service – into communities and outside of the VA. For example, an annual check-up, or getting a regular vaccination shot.

But, she said, it brings up more questions particularly about how veterans in vulnerable communities, like those with low income, could continue accessing care if the VA is no longer an option for them.

“There is a potential for individuals who need access to care, either being delayed in accessing that or not being able to access it at all … and we as a nation have philosophically said, yeah, that is our responsibility,” Kuzminski said.

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