RE: Notice of Results for MEDICAL RECORDS TECHINICIAN (ROI), 12681010 (fwd)

[robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>]

Not sure how Doug Collins can promise no cuts to health care or benefits.
Is there a metric in place to measure this?

 > From: <http://www.gmail.com/~flora>
 > Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2025 20:07:56 -0500
 >
 > Scary!!!
 > 
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 > To: Flora <http://www..family/~flora>; robert <http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert>
 > Subject: Re: Notice of Results for MEDICAL RECORDS TECHINICIAN (ROI), 12681010 (fwd)
 > 
 > from the Guardian:
 > Veterans affairs secretary Doug Collins confirmed plans to reduce staff by 
 > about 15%, or around 80,000 people, and argued the cuts were necessary to make 
 > the department more efficient.
 > 
 > “We regret anyone who loses their job, and it’s extraordinarily difficult 
 > for me, especially as a VA leader and your secretary, to make these types of 
 > decisions. But the federal government does not exist to employ people. It 
 > exists to serve people,” Collins said.
 > 
 > “At the VA, we are focused on serving veterans better than ever before, and 
 > doing so requires changing and improving the organization.”
 > 
 > Collins promised the staffing reductions would be achieved “without making 
 > cuts to health care or benefits to veterans and VA beneficiaries. VA will 
 > always fulfill its duty to provide veterans, families, caregivers and survivors 
 > the health care and benefits they have earned. That’s a promise.”
 > 
 > He added that “VA will continue to hire for more than 300,000 mission 
 > critical positions to ensure healthcare and benefits for VA beneficiaries are 
 > not impacted.”
 > 
 > The cuts come amid a broader push by the White House to reduce staffing across 
 > the federal government.