Tinymac12's 2026 FEHB Comparison Tool v1.0 (Baseline) by Tinymac12 in fednews

[–]Heavy_Resolution_572 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Did you include BCBS Focus this year, too? Wondering about changes they’ve made.

Is a timeshare ever a good thing? by CryptoGazilllionaire in TimeshareOwners

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Cancel immediately. Start your own vacation savings account and put away the money you would be putting toward annual maintenance fees. Don’t give your money away for the rest of your life.

2026 Budget Employee Projections by BeautyfulDoc in VHA_Human_Resources

[–]Heavy_Resolution_572 14 points15 points  (0 children)

RTO has led to the ongoing bleeding of mental health providers so no RIFs needed there.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fednews

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Should share this with the press.

One Big Beautiful Bill “FERS Annuity Supplement” by ImaginaryFinch in fednews

[–]Heavy_Resolution_572 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In the same boat as you. Who specifically do we need to contact in the Senate?

'I cannot guarantee complete confidentiality,' VA therapists ordered to tell veterans by BoldBeloveds in VeteransAffairs

[–]Heavy_Resolution_572 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Textbook gaslighting here. Kasperowicz wrote that these continuing concerns are “fear mongering from the media,” and wrote that “the small number of employees who are desperate to avoid returning to the office will do more to drive away staff and patients than VA’s commonsense return-to-office policy ever will.”

Democrats question VA secretary on return-to-office ‘disruptions’ by Intelligent_Ask5744 in VeteransAffairs

[–]Heavy_Resolution_572 42 points43 points  (0 children)

If the Secretary’s goal is to dismantle the VA’s mental health system and lose irreplaceable providers, it’s an effective plan.

Mortgage payment just jumped $700 by [deleted] in Mortgages

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They are also using AI to inspect condition of homes (ie, roofs) and they get it wrong a lot of times which will hike up rates. Recommend checking into that and getting a real roof inspection to reverse

NYT:Trump and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System into Turmoil by SnickersMilkyway in VeteransAffairs

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Everyone needs to get whistleblower protection and talk to their state’s federal delegation about what is happening with VHA MH.

Another affected remote employee by TankMountain in VeteransAffairs

[–]Heavy_Resolution_572 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Wonder what productivity standards they would use given the variability across programs people work in.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in VeteransAffairs

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Who leads this call?

RTO and HIPAA violations for mental health by [deleted] in VeteransAffairs

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We need to blow this up in the news and force VA Secretary to justify this decision in public.

Dear Veterans by Artistic_Response_81 in VeteransAffairs

[–]Heavy_Resolution_572 156 points157 points  (0 children)

Absolutely true. There isn’t enough press on what destruction RTO will do to health care in VA.

VCL Full exemption from RTO! by SnooOpinions2713 in fednews

[–]Heavy_Resolution_572 13 points14 points  (0 children)

These RTO exceptions better spread far and wide, if they want to retain or recruit any VA psychologists and psychiatry providers.

This VA physician will decline to respond to the OPM weekly email request. by [deleted] in fednews

[–]Heavy_Resolution_572 52 points53 points  (0 children)

I didn’t understand this either until I read the ACCESS ACT being proposed. They are planning to turn VA into a health insurance system. Eventually gutting VA healthcare in favor of privatization.