Posted on Jul 15, 2015
A stark reminder of the true cost of mismanagement
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Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)
GovernmentU.S. House of Representatives
DAV
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) GovernmentU.S. House of Representatives DAV
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The time has passed for the government to step up and fire all VA officials who process these medical care lists and to put somebody in charge who will really clean house not just say they will!
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CPL(P) Bret Farritor
"A VA spokeswoman told the Huffington Post that the department can’t subtract dead applicants from the list and that some may never have completed an application but remain on the back log. “More than 80 percent of veterans who come to the department “have either Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare or some other private insurance,” she said."
It sounds to me like the VA is trying to play the Blame Game instead of fixing the f--king problem.
"A VA spokeswoman told the Huffington Post that the department can’t subtract dead applicants from the list and that some may never have completed an application but remain on the back log. “More than 80 percent of veterans who come to the department “have either Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare or some other private insurance,” she said."
It sounds to me like the VA is trying to play the Blame Game instead of fixing the f--king problem.
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CPL(P) Bret Farritor
I agree. No concession of fault let alone ownership of failure.
The VA is a dysfunctional Goliath that may appear to present one insoluble problem after another but given our proportionally smaller demographic not impossible.
A major overhaul of the US DVA (three distinct Administrations, VBA, VHA and NCA under one umbrella) and a realignment with the DoD is about a half century overdue.
The VA is a dysfunctional Goliath that may appear to present one insoluble problem after another but given our proportionally smaller demographic not impossible.
A major overhaul of the US DVA (three distinct Administrations, VBA, VHA and NCA under one umbrella) and a realignment with the DoD is about a half century overdue.
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This is a classic example of making numbers lie. The fact that personnel inside the VA are willing to come forward and dispute the spin that the VA's leadership are putting on it is significant. As the details come out and get reported in more mainstream/widely recognized media, the public outcry to Congress should be a crescendo.
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