My experience, geographically limited, is that all staff that was required to wear scrubs or similar attire was either provided with the scrubs, or more commonly had a "uniform allowance" that reimbursed them for the cost of buying the required scrubs up to a maximum per year. I checked online and see the VA has a $400 initial lump sum allowance and an additional $215 per year.
So while it is true that staff bought their uniform, they were repaid. Was this not the case for those of you who worked in hospitals and offices?
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