DoD pressing ahead with plans to close, realign medical facilities despite GAO warnings

Published: June 15, 2020, 2:49 p.m.

b'The Defense Department is moving ahead with plans to close or restructure almost 50 of its military treatment facilities. That\\u2019s despite a recent GAO report that found DoD targeted those facilities for \\u201cright sizing\\u201d without gathering enough data on whether they patients they serve can be absorbed into the civilian health care system. As Federal News Network\\u2019s Jared Serbu reports, the first of the closures could happen as soon as this year.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'