Posted on 05/21/2014 8:38:57 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
The number of U.S. Veterans Affairs facilities being investigated for problems involving delays in treating patients has more than doubled to 26, CNN reported on Tuesday.
The network cited the VA's Office of Inspector General, adding that the inspector general told a Senate committee last week there were 10 facilities under investigation.
VA officials could not be reached for immediate comment.
The allegations that delays in treatment at veterans' hospitals could have led to otherwise preventable deaths has sparked a growing political scandal, including calls for the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.
The secretary was grilled at a Senate hearing last week where Democrats joined Republicans to demand stronger action to fix problems after officials at VA medical facilities in Phoenix were accused of covering up long wait times for patients, including 40 who died while awaiting care.
Shinseki told the lawmakers he was "mad as hell"(continued)
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follow the money.
Hey, but BArky is ANGRY about this....so angry it might make him too uptight for Reggie.
Death By Bureaucrat.... Obama admin had to cover it up else no ObamaCare and no reelection
The tip of the ice berg maybe?
I can’t stand Hannity but was surfing the dial while waiting in the car for my wife today and he had two women on who’s husband and FIL died while waiting for treatment. Actually one was drugged into a quadriplegic and died. Their stories made me cry.
I have a hunch Barry, (’Have Lube-Will Travel’), is never to ‘tight for Reggie!!!
the plan didn’t just hatch out at 26 - and counting? - places independently.
Hello, media? Hello, Politicians.
this plan had to have come from one central source.
Now just where would that be?
All roads lead back to - the same place all the other s did.
Isn’t 26 the same number of times Obama played golf last summer?
Heard the same. Heartbreaking.
It makes me sick. This might just be the scandal that does some damage to Obama.
Barry hasn’t been “tight” since he was fifteen, if you ask me. Choomed, yes. Tight, no.
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