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    <title>topic Re: 🇺🇲 VA Plans Major Health Care Reorganization (AARP Article) in Friends &amp; Family</title>
    <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Friends-Family/VA-Plans-Major-Health-Care-Reorganization-AARP-Article/m-p/2645961#M11506</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":santa_claus:"&gt;🎅&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":mrs._claus:"&gt;🤶&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; HAPPY Holidays Gail &lt;a href="https://community.aarp.org/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/300286"&gt;@GailL1&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;!!! Nicole &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":yellow_heart:"&gt;💛&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:35:06 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>SummerOnTheWay1</dc:creator>
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      <title>🇺🇲 VA Plans Major Health Care Reorganization (AARP Article)</title>
      <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Friends-Family/VA-Plans-Major-Health-Care-Reorganization-AARP-Article/m-p/2645952#M11504</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;FROM THE ARTICLE.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;VA Plans Health Care Reorganization Starting in 2026.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Medical centers and clinics will not see staff cuts under new structure, veterans department says.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;By Aaron Kassraie, AARP. Published December 16, 2025.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced on Dec. 15 plans to launch a major restructuring of the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) but said the changes are aimed at reducing red tape and will not affect staffing at VA clinics and medical centers.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;Details of the plan will be announced in early 2026 and implemented over an 18- to 24-month period, the VA said. The department cited independent reviews dating back nearly a decade, which it said found the VHA to be “rife with middle managers who have overlapping responsibilities,” thereby slowing decision-making and the delivery of care.&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;USE LINK BELOW TO READ THE ARTICLE&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&lt;A href="https://www.aarp.org/veterans/va-health-care-reorganization-2026/" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.aarp.org/veterans/va-health-care-reorganization-2026/&lt;/A&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:05:56 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>SummerOnTheWay1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-12-18T01:05:56Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: 🇺🇲 VA Plans Major Health Care Reorganization (AARP Article)</title>
      <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Friends-Family/VA-Plans-Major-Health-Care-Reorganization-AARP-Article/m-p/2645957#M11505</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;About Time !!! &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp;Yay !!!! &amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;P&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:27:31 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>GailL1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-12-18T01:27:31Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: 🇺🇲 VA Plans Major Health Care Reorganization (AARP Article)</title>
      <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Friends-Family/VA-Plans-Major-Health-Care-Reorganization-AARP-Article/m-p/2645961#M11506</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":santa_claus:"&gt;🎅&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":mrs._claus:"&gt;🤶&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; HAPPY Holidays Gail &lt;a href="https://community.aarp.org/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/300286"&gt;@GailL1&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;!!! Nicole &lt;span class="lia-unicode-emoji" title=":yellow_heart:"&gt;💛&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/P&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 01:35:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:creator>SummerOnTheWay1</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2025-12-18T01:35:06Z</dc:date>
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      <title>Re: 🇺🇲 VA Plans Major Health Care Reorganization (AARP Article)</title>
      <link>https://community.aarp.org/t5/Friends-Family/VA-Plans-Major-Health-Care-Reorganization-AARP-Article/m-p/2645968#M11507</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2025 03:04:47 GMT</pubDate>
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      <dc:date>2025-12-18T03:04:47Z</dc:date>
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