He KNEW! Obama told of Veterans Affairs health care debacle as far back as 2008

Washington Times ^ | May 18, 2014 | By Jim McElhatton

[Jim Robinson]

The Obama administration received clear notice more than five years ago that VA medical facilities were reporting inaccurate waiting times and experiencing scheduling failures that threatened to deny veterans timely health care — problems that have turned into a growing scandal.

Veterans Affairs officials warned the Obama-Biden transition team in the weeks after the 2008 presidential election that the department shouldn’t trust the wait times that its facilities were reporting.

“This is not only a data integrity issue in which [Veterans Health Administration] reports unreliable performance data; it affects quality of care by delaying — and potentially denying — deserving veterans timely care,” the officials wrote.

The briefing materials, obtained by The Washington Times through the Freedom of Information Act, make clear that the problems existed well before Mr. Obama took office, dating back at least to the Bush administration. But the materials raise questions about what actions the department took since 2009 to remedy the problems.

In recent months, reports have surfaced about secret wait lists at facilities across the country and, in the case of a Phoenix VA facility, accusations that officials cooked the books to try to hide long wait times. Some families said veterans died while on a secret wait list at the Phoenix facility.

[Jim from C-Town]

Of course he knew. Why do you think he is ‘mad as hell’ that people found out about it.

[I want the USA back]

So he lied when he feigned outrage over finding out.

[Robert A Cook PE]

Oh, the Obama dictatorship (and its press corpse of ready defenders) are IMMEDIATELY ready to IMMEDIATELY investigate ANYTHING that will link ANY scandal to “during the Bush administration” at ANY time ....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Let me be the first to say it: “Bush’s fault!” (You know they’ll go there)

[Obadiah]

Wait, but we were recently told by the MSM that Obama was really mad, like really, really mad, upon hearing about this just days ago.

[Diogenesis]

Of course he knew.

Everyone in his corrupt Islamic antiAmerican
administration HATES vets, HATES Americans, and hates
anyone who does not follow the Koran.

[al_c]

Nothing coming out of this administration surprises me anymore.

[Logical me]

House, start impeachment now.

[ColdOne]

Yikes bammy has been mad as hell for all these years about this.

[jazusamo]

First 0bama was “mad as hell” and now it’s Bush’s fault, Jarrett’s got it taken care of for zero.

[mass55th]

"Let me be the first to say it: “Bush’s fault!” (You know they’ll go there)."

They did go there...in the article:

"The briefing materials, obtained by The Washington Times through the Freedom of Information Act, make clear that the problems existed well before Mr. Obama took office, dating back at least to the Bush administration."

[Rebel_Ace]

From the article:

"The briefing materials, obtained by The Washington Times through the Freedom of Information Act, make clear that the problems existed well before Mr. Obama took office, dating back at least to the Bush administration. But the materials raise questions about what actions the department took since 2009 to remedy the problems."

Just as it is legitimate to ask Barry-O what he has done since 2009 to address the problem raised, one cannot ignore the obvious question, "Since the outgoing Bush Administration warned the incoming President, what did THEY do about it."

To brush that aside is intellectually dishonest.

[ChildOfThe60s]

I would have been surprised to learn he didn’t know about it all along.

When watching Democrats, if you keep in mind that they are all “top down” administrators, you can usually assume that the higher ups knew about it.

Remember Carter? He had to personally approve everything, and with a wishy washy indecisive man like he, top down becomes a nightmare disaster.

[Baynative]

I need some help - everywhere I look I see articles saying TEa Party in reps blocked funding for vets. I know there is more to this, but can't find a candid report of the debate or what other garbage was in the budget bill.

Does anyone know about this?

[yoe]

Does anyone suppose this Obama Czar.......knows anything about this health care system, the Veteran's Hospital Care? Or is this woman, another Obama Czar, Nancy Ann DeParle former director of the White House Office of Health Reform, somehow connected to Veteran'sGate scandal?.........(pick a site)

[Grampa Dave]

Jim sure he knew that is why he has had two major tv ads going showing how the Dems love vets.

1. His wookie and Joan Biden lovingly talking about how wonderful our vets are.

2. His movie and tv crony actors/actresses talking about having our vets 6, while his thugs at the VA were making VA hospitals a nightmare for our vets.

Typical libs. They talk a good game and never have positive results.

[blueunicorn6]

He can get out those $50,000 federal checks right away to all those Democrat make-believe pig farmers, but Veterans wait years.

[angcat]

I hate to say this but did Bush know. Why didn’t President Bush fix this and close our borders.

[JLAGRAYFOX]

TWO WORDS.....IMPEACH OBAMA!!!