Posted on Mar 6, 2022
Families fear financial hit as VA caregiver program prepares to drop thousands of vets
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Vietnam veteran Jerry King holds onto his wife, Pauline, as she lifts him into his wheel chair at their home in Anna, Ill., in this Aug. 30, 2013 photo. (Stephen Lance Dennee/AP)
Since suffering traumatic brain injury in an explosion in Iraq in 2007, Army veteran Brad Blazek has had trouble remembering when to feed himself, when to take his medications, and sometimes even who he is married to.
So it came as a shock to Terri, his wife and full-time caretaker, when she received word from the Department of Veterans Affairs last fall that they were being dropped from the department’s caregiver program because Brad no longer needed around-the-clock help.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones SPC Nancy Greene PO1 Tony Holland SGT Mark Anderson LTC (Join to see) SGT James Murphy Sgt (Join to see) LTC David Brown 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD
Vietnam veteran Jerry King holds onto his wife, Pauline, as she lifts him into his wheel chair at their home in Anna, Ill., in this Aug. 30, 2013 photo. (Stephen Lance Dennee/AP)
Since suffering traumatic brain injury in an explosion in Iraq in 2007, Army veteran Brad Blazek has had trouble remembering when to feed himself, when to take his medications, and sometimes even who he is married to.
So it came as a shock to Terri, his wife and full-time caretaker, when she received word from the Department of Veterans Affairs last fall that they were being dropped from the department’s caregiver program because Brad no longer needed around-the-clock help.
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel Lt Col Charlie Brown SSG Michael Noll Lt Col John (Jack) Christensen Cpl Vic Burk MAJ Dale E. Wilson, Ph.D. SGT Charlie Lee PO2 Marco Monsalve SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth ] SSG William Jones SPC Nancy Greene PO1 Tony Holland SGT Mark Anderson LTC (Join to see) SGT James Murphy Sgt (Join to see) LTC David Brown 1SG Dan Capri CDR Andrew McMenamin, PhD
Families fear financial hit as VA caregiver program prepares to drop thousands of vets
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They’re probably thinking that the Caregiver program has been one of the most abused programs in the VA.
Getting rid of fraud and abuse isn’t going to be easy. It’s certainly a shame when good, honest people on the program are unnecessarily removed. But there are processes and procedures to remedy those situations.
Getting rid of fraud and abuse isn’t going to be easy. It’s certainly a shame when good, honest people on the program are unnecessarily removed. But there are processes and procedures to remedy those situations.
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Cpl Vic Burk
SGT (Join to see) - I get the fraud part. The government is riddled with fraud everywhere. I hope there are reviews to help the truly needed so they can get the care they rightfully earned and deserve.
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Sad we don't care about our own and how about our seniors out there Brother Joe.
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From the article:
Department leaders said the changes were forced by Congress under the law. Veteran Warriors and the National Veterans Legal Service Program have sued, saying VA officials raised the eligibility standards arbitrarily and ignored lawmakers’ intent.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
Department leaders said the changes were forced by Congress under the law. Veteran Warriors and the National Veterans Legal Service Program have sued, saying VA officials raised the eligibility standards arbitrarily and ignored lawmakers’ intent.
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.
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