NEW INEWSOURCE INVESTIGATION
VA doctors are being overruled on veterans’ treatment plans. Here’s why.
by Jill Castellano
An inewsource investigation has found that VA administrators are overruling doctors and preventing them from sending their patients outside the VA health care system. These efforts have caused gaps in care, questionable cancer treatment plans and cutoffs in mental health care for suicidal patients.

ICE uses cellphones to track thousands in San Diego, Imperial counties
More than 5,000 people in San Diego and Imperial counties are now monitored through the ICE surveillance program, reflecting a national trend.

Even under pandemic rules, California expects people in long-term care to pay for their Medicaid benefits
Some Medi-Cal members in long-term healthcare are being charged their entire monthly income — except for $35.

Sempra investors vote in support of executive raises amid protests over SDG&E rates
The pay increases for Sempra executives came at a time of soaring profits for the company, which owns San Diego Gas & Electric.

‘It’s been a long haul’: Witness one guest’s struggle to exit a COVID-19 hotel shelter
Linda McDowell is one of dozens who still remain at a county-run hotel in Old Town. She only has a few weeks to find housing.

inewsource launches education, infrastructure and environment beats with Report for America journalists
Two new Report for America corps members will join inewsource’s investigative reporting team in June. Meet our new staff.
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VA doctors are being overruled on veterans’ treatment plans
inewsource on The CW San Diego | Nov. 3, 2021
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