New York Post — Opinion
"Veterans Deserve More, Better, Faster... NOW!"
They Sent You to War.
Now They're Cutting Your Benefits.
The VA is being gutted. A new war is forming. More than 20 million veterans get nothing from the system you were promised.
Built by people who were never supposed to make it — reaching back for everyone else.
That is PHIERS.
Task & Purpose
"Without swift action, the VA will continue eliminating choice for millions of veterans"
The Crisis Hits Rural & Urban Veterans
Rural veterans face fewer clinics, longer drives. The VA already had a severe shortage — now it's getting worse. Urban clinics are overwhelmed. When the VA cuts 30,000 staff, everyone loses access. Front-line clinicians. The people who actually see patients. Gone.
PHIERS changes that. The $600 telehealth model stabilizes rural hospitals and urban clinics by increasing patient volume, reducing uncompensated care, restoring predictable revenue, preventing closures, and keeping local providers employed. This creates a surplus that gets reinvested into the safety net — including veterans' care.
PHIERS fills the gaps the VA is creating.
Three Actions. One Outcome.
Largest U.S. Military Buildup Since Iraq
Creating new veterans while dismantling the system meant to care for them.
The Betrayal — By the Numbers
This week alone, the VA tried to quietly slip a rule into the Federal Register — effective immediately, no public notice — that would have cut disability benefits for veterans who take medication. A veteran with 100% PTSD rating could have dropped to 30% simply because their medication was working.
They backed off after 10,000+ comments in 60 hours and a national outcry. But the rule is still on the books. They can reinstate it any time.
Medication Trap
If meds work, rating drops. Incentive to stop treatment.
30,000 Staff Fired
Cutting to pre-PACT Act levels.
Nursing Homes Closing
Elderly veterans losing residential support.
Mental Health Gutted
Psychiatrist positions eliminated.
The Math They Don't Want Veterans to Know
| What They Say | What the Numbers Show |
|---|---|
| "The VA serves veterans" | The VA serves fewer than 9 million of 20+ million veterans. |
| "Full coverage for disabled veterans" | Fewer than 10% of veterans have 100% VA coverage. |
| "We're making the VA more efficient" | Cutting 30,000 staff to pre-PACT Act levels. |
| "No cuts to veteran benefits" | The medication rule would have reduced ratings for millions. |
Why the Founder of PHIERS Quit the VA
Will Price | Chief Solutions Architect, PHIERS
20+ years inside the VA system. Senior Analyst, Electronic Health Record Modernization. Registration, Eligibility, and Enrollment systems. VistA. The actual machinery that determines whether veterans get care — or get lost in the system.
One of five civilians in the VA's first enterprise-wide reengineering initiative. Worked directly with the Office of the CIO. Saw how the system actually worked — and who it actually served.
He quit to build the alternative.
"The VA was designed to serve a fraction of veterans. Even at its best, it leaves more than half behind. I didn't leave because the VA was being cut — I left because the architecture was never built to serve all veterans in the first place. PHIERS is the architecture that does."
— Will Price, Chief Solutions Architect, PHIERS Movement
What PHIERS Delivers — For Every Veteran
Every Veteran
Covers all 234M Americans including every veteran — regardless of VA eligibility.
No Medication Trap
Coverage not tied to disability rating. Your health doesn't penalize you.
Mental Health
$600/year covers telehealth for PTSD, depression — without the VA waitlist.
Not Dependent on VA
30,000 VA layoffs don't touch it. Budget cuts don't touch it. It's yours.
The Math That Changes Everything
covers 80% of what veterans need vs. $10,000+/year for traditional insurance. One conversion funds 12–19 more. Those 12 fund 148. The cascade becomes unstoppable.
$2.73 trillion in annual savings. Universal coverage in 8–13 months. See the math →
The Dimension They Never Discuss: Peace
Right now, the United States has the largest military buildup in the Middle East since the 2003 Iraq invasion. Two carrier strike groups. Hundreds of fighter jets. A new generation of Americans is about to be sent into combat.
Those Americans will come home to a VA that is being dismantled in real time.
PHIERS was built with peace as one of its five core dimensions — not as idealism, but as systems thinking. Nations that provide genuine economic security, real healthcare, and stable employment don't need endless war economies to function.
You Served. You're Owed This.
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