2 Experts Available for Timely Analysis on VA Job Cuts and Impact on Veterans
As the Trump administration moves forward with plans to cut 80,000 jobs from the Department of Veterans Affairs, serious questions are emerging about the potential consequences for veterans' healthcare and benefits. For reporters covering these developments and what they mean for veterans and VA services, the following experts are available for comment:
Adler researches and teaches about the history of health care, war and society, and incarceration in the modern United States. She is the author of Burdens of War: Creating the United States Veterans Health System, about the World War I-era origins of the nation’s largest integrated health care system. She is currently working on projects examining the history of medical services in U.S. prisons and more recent transformations in the veterans’ health program.
Moore combines history and theories of institutional development to study how the structure of the US political system shaped social policies and the administrative state. His current research focuses on the political development of US territories and the politics of the veterans’ health care system.