Workers protest end to services at VA hospital

SALISBURY, N.C. — Employees and veterans’ groups will protest the elimination of some health care services at the Hefner VA Medical Center.

Members of the American Federation of Government Employees, Rolling Thunder and Veterans of Foreign Wars will picket Friday afternoon at a Veterans of Foreign Wars Post in Salisbury. A local union leader said eliminating services at the hospital will force vets to pay for care previously received for free at the hospital.

The union represents employees at the Hefner VA Medical Center.

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