VA to Propose Closing Some Medical Centers and Outpatient Facilities [View all]
The Veterans Affairs Department will soon recommend reducing its medical facility footprint by three as part of a review to reshape its health care, and announced on Thursday it will also suggest shuttering dozens of additional outpatient facilities.
VA Secretary Denis McDonough declined to detail which facilities it is recommending for closure ahead of a full rollout of its report on Monday, but local reports and lawmakers have suggested medical centers in at least southern Ohio, South Dakota and western Massachusetts are on the chopping block. VA currently has 171 medical centers across the country and it suggested bringing that number down to 168. The department did not say how many of the more than 1,100 outpatient facilities it will close, or how many new facilities it plans to build.
About 150,000 more veterans would gain primary care nearby under VA's plan, McDonough said, as well as 375,000 who would gain nearby access to specialty care and 200,000 additional veterans who would be close to mental health care.
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