{"id":31053,"date":"2012-07-25T08:46:58","date_gmt":"2012-07-25T12:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=31053"},"modified":"2012-07-25T09:48:06","modified_gmt":"2012-07-25T13:48:06","slug":"shinseki-backlog-at-dva-is-good-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=31053","title":{"rendered":"Shinseki: Backlog at DVA is good news"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yes, you read that right, back during the last Administration a backlog of enrollment in the Department of Veterans’ Affairs meant incompetence and evidence that the Bush Administration didn’t care about veterans, But, now, Shinseki, in a Rick Maze piece at Army Times<\/a>, sent to us by Chief Tango, says it’s good news that the backlog has grown.<\/p>\n

Appearing before the Veterans of Foreign Wars in an election-year address aimed at showing the best side of the Obama administration\u2019s policies, Shinseki said the total inventory of veterans\u2019 claims was 400,000 when the administration began and is about 880,000 today.<\/p>\n

The growth, he said, \u201cis what happens when we increase access.\u201d While it has meant some veterans are waiting longer for their benefits to start, \u201cit was the right thing to do,\u201d he said<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Really, the Obama Administration “increased access”? How exactly? If I’m not mistaken, the last expansion of access to VA benefits came from the Bush Administration and they had half of the backlog that the Obama Administration is currently dealing with.<\/p>\n

Of course, the Army Times doesn’t address that little fact. Yes, the Obama Administration is funding the DVA at a higher rate, but that’s only because they plan on pushing those of us on Tricare into the VA system and it’s so Brandon Friedman can tell tell me that this administration is expanding spending on veterans while Leon Panetta is actually jacking up our Tricare premiums, which, by the way, doubles on October 1st.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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