VA shuttering underperforming clinics, addressing leadership shortcomings at others

A Veterans Affairs medical center in Georgia and two clinics in other states are undergoing changes or closures as a result of the department’s review of veterans’ medical services.

VA Secretary Doug Collins said Thursday during a Senate hearing on the VA’s $488 billion budget proposal for fiscal 2027 that the VA has decided to close facilities that don’t properly care for veterans and has made changes to address longstanding issues at Augusta VA Medical Center in Georgia.

According to Collins, community-based VA outpatient clinics in McMinnville, Tennessee, and Schenectady, New York, will close this year. McMinnville will close May 31, and the Schenectady clinic will close in August, according to reports…

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