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Navy Reconsidering Plan to Cut Medical Staff in Light of COVID-19 Pandemic

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https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/08/24/navy-reconsidering-plan-cut-medical-staff-light-of-covid-19-pandemic.html

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House panel suggests increasing military pay, putting off DoD plan to decrease medical billets

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House panel suggests increasing military pay, putting off DoD plan to decrease medical billets

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Billet cuts affecting military medical facilities and patients, lawmaker says

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https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/mil-money/2021/05/25/billet-cuts-affecting-military-medical-facilities-and-patients-lawmaker-says/

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Navy’s Top Officer Pledges ‘Closer Look’ at Planned Medical Billet Cuts

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https://www.moaa.org/content/publications-and-media/news-articles/2021-news-articles/navys-top-officer-pledges-closer-look-at-planned-medical-billet-cuts/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TMNsend&utm_content=NC+AFHRM+1+ERet+L+NC

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Navy rethinking plan to cut medical military billets

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https://federalnewsnetwork.com/navy/2021/04/navy-rethinking-plan-to-cut-medical-military-billets/

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8 Minute Q&A Session with the Medical Corps Chief

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Watch the 8 minute video below to get RDML Hancock’s take on advice for a high school senior interested in Navy Medicine, billet divestitures, moonlighting while on TAD instead of leave, the definition of “critical wartime specialties,” straight-through GME training, and NDAA 2022.

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New Law Includes MOAA-Backed Protections for Your Military Health Care

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https://www.moaa.org/content/publications-and-media/news-articles/2021-news-articles/advocacy/new-law-includes-moaa-backed-protections-for-your-military-health-care/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=TMNsend&utm_content=NC+AFHRM+1+ERet+L+NC

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Capital Gazette – Tom Jurkowsky: The Senate must act to protect military medicine | COMMENTARY

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Tom Jurkowsky: The Senate must act to protect military medicine | COMMENTARY

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Politico Articles About Military Health System Reform and SECDEF Comment

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Just keeping you informed…

Over the last few days there have been two prominently featured articles about reforming the Military Health System (MHS). The first was this article:

Esper eyes $2.2 billion cut to military health care

But then the SECDEF put this message out on social media:

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Then there was this second article:

Trump rejects Pentagon’s proposed cuts to military health care

In addition, Military Times put this out as well:

Trump shoots down Pentagon proposal to cut troops’ health care

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MOAA – Key House Committee Moves to Block MTF Restructuring, Medical Billet Cuts

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Key House Committee Moves to Block MTF Restructuring, Medical Billet Cuts

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