Over a year later, after a promise by the Secretary, why does Congress bother?

2015-10-04T13:38:31-04:00

http://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/255825-mccain-va-chief-must-punish-employees

Seems everyone forgot secretary's promise to report to Congress by June the removal action he took for the scheduling debacle.

McCain: VA head must punish employees

A Veterans Affairs watchdog found employees abused their positions for personal gain.

Response by SCPO Private RallyPoint Member made Oct 4 at 2015 2:19 PM

2015-10-04T14:19:37-04:00

All I can say is that I do not believe the problem was as widespread as we were led to believe. Hence, the appearance of non-action. Sgt Spencer Sikder, I have dealt and continue to deal with three different VAMCs across the country due to my travels. My medical issues are, well, let's say more than one. My treatments, my appointment scheduling, my labs, my prescriptions have all been exceptional. I suppose there are small pockets of incompetence out there, but I have not encountered them. I have nothing but praise for my VA. Are they swamped? I have seen examples of that. But I'll sit on my ass and wait any day in a VAMC rather than in a civilian hospital waiting room. I KNOW THEY KILL PEOPLE...TO THE TUNE OF A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND EVERY SINGLE YEAR...FACT!!!

Response by MSgt Curtis Ellis made Oct 4 at 2015 2:33 PM

2015-10-04T14:33:54-04:00

Unfortunately, after educating themselves on the "Care and Feeding of Civilian Employees" (For Dummies Edition), they realize there is not a whole lot they can do without affecting their own care and feeding, so they opted to "slowly" make it go away, or at least they thought they had...