1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

I am writing to call your attention to a November 11 article published in ProPublica, “We Have No One” (How Trump’s Dismantling of the VA Left a Veterans Hospital in Crisis — ProPublica (https://www.propublica.org/article/east-orange-va-hospital-veterans-decline-new-jersey?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email)). The article provides stunning detail on the harm VA Secretary Collins has done to the VA Healthcare System and the veterans it serves, in some cases potentially leading to death. The article also exposes the deceptions about the status of VA Medical Centers and clinics to provide needed medical and psychological care to their patients and the ability of the private sector to provide this care. Secretary Collins should be called to account, and his efforts to undermine veterans’ healthcare halted and reversed. Please review this article carefully and insist that Secretary Collins and his staff are required to address the alarming deficiencies in caring for those who answered the call to duty that ProPublica uncovered.