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HawkTheSlayer
02-22-2017, 03:46 PM
VA To Toss Out 500,000 Applications For Healthcare Due To Its Own Errors
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Whistleblower Warns the VA Will Toss Out 500,000 Applications (Because of Errors the VA Made)
JOE CUNNINGHAM (http://www.redstate.com/joesquire/) // Posted at 10:45 am on February 22, 2017
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Half a million applications for healthcare under the Veteran’s Administration system are set to be discarded at the end of March due to errors on the applications themselves.
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The problem is that the the VA is labeling the applications as incorrect due to application error. A whistleblower says the errors are the VA’s fault.
Scott Davis is a well-known VA whistleblower out of Atlanta, Georgia, who has testified before Congress before. According to a letter he sent to President Donald Trump’s office (http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/article/2615436/), the real fault for the errors in applications are due to the VA sending out letters asking for incorrect information. Not only that, but they never investigated the matter prior to announcing the discarding of the applications. From the letter itself:
The email below from VHA Member Services Acting Director Matt Eitutis, that was sent to then VHA Undersecretary Dr. David Shulkin on December 28, 2017 clearly indicates the letters were sent to the wrong recipients. Meaning 440,000 Veterans in a pending means test status were told to provide military service records and 105,000 Veterans in a pending verification status were instructed to provide financial information to complete their applications for VA healthcare.
Although Mr. Eitutis stated he turned the matter over to the Office of the Inspector General to investigate, no such investigation has taken place. Only an internal review by employees who report to Mr. Eitutis was conducted. As a result VA is planning to go ahead with this illegal action of purging these records without providing Veterans notification or disclosing that these Veterans are entitled to Equitable Relief for health care cost they incurred due to administrative errors by the VA.
The VA’s ineptitude is going to cost half a million Americans who stood for their country a chance at healthcare. Because they screwed up and are now attempting to cover their backsides.

This is the swamp that needs draining, Mr. Trump.


http://www.redstate.com/joesquire/2017/02/22/whistleblower-warns-va-will-toss-500000-applications-errors-va-made/

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Absolutely inexcusable and criminal. The VA as it has existed for the last three decades needs to be dissolved.

valley ranch
02-22-2017, 04:04 PM
The seem the VA is blundering through this at the cost to our vets. This is another thing the President will have to make right.
The VA is there to do what we've promised our veterans. If they/those who are paid to see that it is done can't do it they should be replaced.

waltky
03-28-2018, 07:14 PM
More musical chairs inna Trump administration...
:wink:
Shulkin Out; Trump Nominates His Personal Physician to Head VA
28 Mar 2018 - After weeks of speculation about the status of embattled VA Secretary David Shulkin, President Donald Trump announced the end of his tenure in a series of Tweets late Wednesday.


"I am pleased to announce that I intend to nominate highly respected Admiral Ronny L. Jackson, MD, as the new Secretary of Veterans Affairs," Trump said via Twitter. "In the interim, Hon. Robert Wilkie of DOD will serve as Acting Secretary. I am thankful for Dr. David Shulkin's service to our country and to our GREAT VETERANS!" Robert Wilkie currently serves as the under secretary of defense for personnel and readiness at the Pentagon. Rear Adm. Ronny Jackson, a 23-year Navy officer, currently serves as Trump's appointed physician. Jackson first reported to the White House in 2006 following a deployment to Iraq and has spanned three administrations, serving as President Barack Obama's appointed physician before working for Trump. He went through medical school at the University of Texas medical branch, was last in the headlines when he conducted Trump's physical in January.

At a White House briefing, Jackson said that Trump didn't meet the clinical definition of obesity, while adding that he could stand to lose 10 to 15 pounds. He also said Trump could use more exercise and should lay off the fast foods. "He's more enthusiastic about the diet part than the exercise part, but we're going to do both," Jackson said of Trump. "He's just like every other president I've taken care of," said Jackson, who has also conducted physicals for former President Barack Obama and George W. Bush. "On occasion, I have to get the First Lady involved to make sure he's doing what he's supposed to be doing," Jackson said. For Shulkin, the ouster came after months of speculation on his status as his efforts at reform of the second largest agency in government bogged down amid open feuding with Trump administration political appointees, at the White House and within the VA itself.


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Shulkin

Trump had once been profuse in his praise of Shulkin, and in June told him that he would never hear Trump's catchphrase: "You're fired." "We'll never have to use those words on our David," Trump said. "We will never use those words on you, that's for sure." However, the rumors that Shulkin had lost favor escalated last month when VA Inspector Michael Missal accused him of "serious derelictions" in his travel expenses for a trip to London and Denmark last summer. After initially rejecting the charges from Missal, Shulkin accepted responsibility and agreed to pay the Treasury back for the $4,132 airfare for his wife. The IG's office followed up the travel expenses report with another one charging that failures of oversight had put patients at risk at the Washington, D.C., VA Medical Center, a flagship institution among the VA's more than 1,200 hospitals and outpatient clinics. However, Shulkin's major falling out with the administration appeared to be over the expansion of the Veterans Choice Program allowing veterans under certain conditions to opt for private health care.

The White House political appointees had pressed for an aggressive expansion of choice, while Shulkin wanted a more integrated approach that would avoid the "privatization" of VA health care. Shulkin's departure came after the latest round of rumors from Trump associates and the White House on whether he was going or staying. On Sunday, Trump friend Christopher Ruddy said on ABC-TV's "This Week" program that Shulkin would be leaving "very soon." On Monday, a White House aide said Trump had confidence in Shulkin "at this point in time." On Wednesday, Trump's confidence ran out. Throughout his confrontations with the White House, Shulkin had the support of the major Veterans Service Organizations, particularly on attempts to "privatize" VA health care.


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Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson

In a statement, Denise Rohan, national commander of the American Legion, said that "Secretary Shulkin has acted in the best interests of America's veterans and was making meaningful, positive changes at the VA. "Our two million members are opposed to any legislation or effort to close or privatize the Department of Veterans Affairs healthcare system, and we will continue to work vigorously to ensure our nation's veterans have the efficient, transparent, and properly functioning VA that they deserve," Rohan said.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/28/shulkin-out-trump-nominates-his-personal-physician-head-va.html

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Veteran Kills Himself in VA Hospital Waiting Room, Report Says
28 Mar 2018 - An unidentified U.S. military veteran committed suicide Monday in the waiting room of a Veterans Affairs hospital in St. Louis.


Michelle Woodling, a city police officer, said the 62-year-old killed himself inside the John Cochran VA Medical Center about 4:19 a.m., the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. A U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs spokeswoman told the paper that the agency was "grieved' to confirm that the veteran was found deceased. The agency did not immediately respond to an email and phone call from Fox News. The circumstances leading up to the death were unclear. "Our deepest sympathies are with the Veteran's family and loved ones, our medical center staff and the members of the community affected by this tragic incident," the spokeswoman told the paper.

Meanwhile, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin continues to hold the post. On Monday, a White House spokesman said President Donald Trump had confidence in Shulkin's leadership "at this point in time." Early Monday, White House spokesman Hogan Gidley sought to dismiss reports of Shulkin's imminent dismissal as head of the Department of Veterans Affairs, the government's second largest department with 370,000 employees. He told Fox News Channel, "we hear these types of rumors every day."


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St. Louis VA Medical Center in St. Louis.

Shulkin, the lone Obama administration holdover in Trump's Cabinet, abruptly backed out of a media availability Monday morning that had been scheduled at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Elsmere, Del., as part of an annual Veterans Summit hosted by U.S. Sen. Tom Carper, D-Del. Shulkin told organizers he needed to "get back on the road to Washington." "Secretary Shulkin's singular focus is on finding the best ways to provide care and benefits to our country's heroes," said Shulkin's strategic adviser, Ashleigh Barry, in response to questions about the secretary's public plans in the coming days.

Shulkin's fate has been in doubt since a blistering February report by the VA's internal watchdog that found he had improperly accepted Wimbledon tennis tickets and his staff had doctored emails to justify his wife traveling to Europe with him at taxpayer expense.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/03/28/veteran-kills-himself-va-hospital-waiting-room-report-says.html

texan
03-29-2018, 09:38 AM
You’re fired

Max Rockatansky
03-29-2018, 10:03 AM
...Veteran Kills Himself in VA Hospital Waiting Room, Report Says
28 Mar 2018 - An unidentified U.S. military veteran committed suicide Monday in the waiting room of a Veterans Affairs hospital in St. Louis.Good choice. Another good place is on the steps of Congress.