VA opens 47th new healthcare facility under President Trump

WASHINGTON - The Department of Veterans Affairs today opened its 47th new healthcare clinic since 2025 under the leadership of President Trump, the nation's 47th president.

VA held a ribbon-cutting ceremony today to mark the opening of the new outpatient clinic in West Burlington, Iowa, which is a relocation and expansion of the smaller clinic in Burlington that opened in 2021. At nearly 18,000 square feet, the new clinic is more than five times the size of the old facility. This space will enable VA to provide new services to Veterans including radiology, physical therapy and audiology in addition to expanded primary care, mental health, lab, telehealth and other services.

The new clinic will be able to serve more than 3,000 Veterans when it reaches full operating capacity - far more than the roughly 900 Veterans who were seen at the old clinic - and will ensure VA can continue to meet the growing needs of local Veterans.

"Veterans deserve quick and convenient access to the care they've earned through their service, and this new clinic will help ensure VA delivers for Veterans in and around West Burlington for years to come," said VA Secretary Doug Collins.

Opening the new clinic in Iowa and dozens of other clinics across the country is one of several ways President Trump's VA is expanding Veteran healthcare choice, availability and quality - changes Veterans are noticing, as more than 300,000 new Veterans have enrolled in VA healthcare in 2026. Other VA accomplishments include:

• VA completed a record-high 82.68 million direct care appointments in FY2026, a 4.9% increase from FY2024.
• VA completed a record-high 67.42 million community care appointments in FY2026, a 25.5% increase from FY2024.
• VA has offered Veterans more than 3.5 million appointments outside of normal operating hours since January 2025. These early-morning, evening, and weekend appointments are giving Veterans more timely and convenient options for care.
• VA committed $4.8 billion in FY2026 to modernize and improve healthcare facilities that were neglected under the Biden Administration - that's the largest non-recurring maintenance investment in VA's history.

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