Posted on 05/29/2014 10:33:21 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
On the floor of the House Wednesday, the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs featured a dialogue between Chairman Jeff Miller and Dr. Thomas Lynch, assistant deputy undersecretary for health for clinical operations at the Veterans Health Administration. Another shocking piece of information about VA hospitals was revealed during that exchange.
Miller revealed he had received an email from an employee at the Los Angeles VA Medical Center in which the employee raised concerns over the status of patient wait times and the possible manipulation of records. The director of the facility responded to colleagues via email and said that the employee raising concerns was a “disgruntled employee.” Later, however, a senior official remarked that “there appears to be inappropriate actions by the supervisor in Los Angeles.”
When Lynch responded to the email by saying that the VA told him that these matters involved the cancellation of radiology orders and that the patients were made aware of the changes, Miller took a quick look at a document handed to him and retorted that the email was not about radiology orders.
In 2011, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to audit major VA medical centers across the country. Finally, in 2013, the audit concluded that the scheduling policy in place at the VA was inherently flawed and was not representative of the actual wait times that veterans were enduring. On Wednesday, the inspector general report confirmed allegations in Phoenix that VA employees manipulated wait times.
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That happens in private industry too.
Rep. Miller should ask to see all correspondence from vets to their Congressperson, complain9ing about VA care and asking for assistance from the representative’s office.
I’d bet that EVERY representative has numerous complaints and Congress HAS DONE NOTHING!!
Privatize...Privatize...Privatize!!!
But that's not taxpayer money or a government managed service.
Un-freaking believable.
Thanks for posting this information.
Does anyone have an update on the lawsuit with a VA hospital, where a veteran who was waiting for dialysis treatment for four hours was killed by police? He tried to leave with the needle still in his arm, and the hospital staff had him tackled by police , and they stomped on his neck and caused a stroke. He died shortly thereafter.
I’m looking for the photos and updates of that, please post links to this article thanks.
If you want to know why our gubment is an idiotic mess, just meditate on that azz clowns title: Assistant Deputy Undersecretary. (Drops microphone, walks away).
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