The positions being eliminated include primary care doctors and nurses, mental health care providers and social workers, among many others. The VA said the cuts are an effort to remove postings for outdated positions that have long been vacant. “It’s hard to watch.” The person said that over half of the 1,000 or so open job positions at their facility are being eliminated. “What freaked us out is that we didn’t expect them to cut mental health providers,” another source, a VA management official in mental health, said. “They aren’t firing anyone, but all open positions are gone and they may not let us re-fill when people leave,” said one source.

Source: CNN December 24, 2025 07:18 UTC