{"id":35151,"date":"2013-04-17T09:07:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-17T13:07:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=35151"},"modified":"2013-04-17T09:07:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-17T13:07:51","slug":"hagel-promises-solution-in-30-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=35151","title":{"rendered":"Hagel promises solution in 30 days"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve all been a victim of the VA’s inability to share records with the Department of Defense what with them sending paper back and forth, records getting lost, having to submit copies of our records repeatedly, having blood tests and examinations again and again. Chuck Hagel the new Secretary of Defense promised members of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs that he would have a solution for them in 30 days and have it operational by the end of the year, says the Stars & Stripes<\/a>; <\/p>\n

Hagel said he couldn\u2019t defend DOD\u2019s past performance on records sharing. In recent days, he said, he has stopped further spending on the process and has restructured program oversight. A plan would be forthcoming soon, he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want it to work, and until I get my arms around this, I\u2019m not going to spend any more money on this,\u201d Hagel said. \u201cWe will have it shortly. Can I tell you in a week or two? We will have something decided within 30 days, I\u2019ll tell you that. I can\u2019t defend it.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Of course, if it does happen within the time limits that Hagel has promised, there’s still a leadership problem in the Veterans’ Affairs Department that must be dealt with sooner rather than later, because transmitting files is only a small portion of the problems that cause veterans to wait years, sometimes, for the treatment that they need and earned. You can bet that if there were delays like this for Medicare recipients, something would have been done sooner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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