VA Has 41K Job Vacancies for Medical Professionals
As the Department of Veterans Affairs faces issues providing veterans with timely access to care, there were 41,500 job vacancies for medical professionals at the Veterans Health Administration as of late June. VA has full- or part-time openings for 5,000 physicians, nearly 12,000 nurses and more than 1,200 psychologists.
- "VA Has 41,500 Unfilled Medical Jobs, Forcing Vets Into Costly Private Care" (Hoyer/Zoroya, USA Today, 7/23).