President Donald Trump has long promised to put veterans first. I am Eric Umansky, a reporter at ProPublica, and have spent more than a year revealing the reality. I have detailed how insiders warned that cuts jeopardized “life-saving cancer trials,” how doctors and nurses have been fleeing the Department of Veterans Affairs and how the administration used error-prone AI to “munch” VA contracts.
Now I need your help to go even deeper.
I have already heard remarkable stories from doctors, veterans and others as I report on the consequences of those cuts and staff departures. What I’m looking for from you — yes you — is even more detail and more evidence to understand a story that spans the country.
I am particularly interested in hearing from current employees or staff who’ve left in the last year. If you have firsthand information you can share about the conditions at VA hospitals, please reach out to me via the encrypted messaging app Signal. You can reach me there at Ericumansky.04. If you are less concerned about keeping our communication confidential, you can also reach me at [email protected] or on my cell at 917-687-8406.
I appreciate you sharing and take your privacy seriously. We are gathering these stories for the purposes of our reporting and will contact you if we wish to publish any part.
