Esper eyes $2.2 billion cut to military health care

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Esper eyes $2.2 billion cut to military health care
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Some defense officials say the cut could effectively gut the Pentagon’s health care system during a nationwide pandemic

Esper rolled out the results of the first iteration of the defense-wide review in February, revealing $5.7 billion in cost savings that he said would be put toward preparing the Pentagon to better compete with Russia and China, including research into hypersonic weapons, artificial intelligence, missile defense and more.

“How’s a 'draft' even going to work?” the official said “The U.S. is dealing with a doctor shortage.” “Folks in my state have expressed some concern and opposition to some of the policies, which allow only active-duty service members to visit military treatment facilities,” Jones said. “What do I tell those folks?”

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