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COVID-19 Delays Military’s Plan to Downsize, Close Medical Facilities

Sept. 7, 2020 | By Jennifer-Leigh Oprihory
A Pentagon effort to shutter or downsize the scope of services offered at 50 military hospitals and/or clinics across the country—12 of which are located on Air Force bases—has been slowed by the COVID-19 pandemic, Defense Health Agency Director Army Lt. Gen. Ronald J. Place ...

Military Coalition Asks Congress to Stop Downsizing of DOD Medical Facilities

May 27, 2020 | By Brian W. Everstine
A coalition of military and veterans associations is urging lawmakers to reverse Pentagon plans to close or downsize military medical facilities as the COVID-19 outbreak spreads. In February, the Pentagon said it planned to close or downsize 50 medical clinics, including 12 on Air Force ...

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