{"id":45677,"date":"2014-05-02T08:35:40","date_gmt":"2014-05-02T12:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=45677"},"modified":"2014-05-02T08:35:40","modified_gmt":"2014-05-02T12:35:40","slug":"the-war-against-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=45677","title":{"rendered":"The war against veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Sharon<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n

Well, you might remember that the Veterans Affairs hospital in Phoenix had a secret waiting list for treatment of veterans and it looks like at least 40 veterans died while waiting to see a doctor, any doctor. According to CNN<\/a>, the director of the hospital, Sharon Helman has been placed on leave along with two others for her part in the scheme to make the hospital look efficient by killing off patients while the agency investigates itself. <\/p>\n

The announcement Thursday by U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki came a day after officials at the Phoenix VA denied in interviews with CNN the existence of such a list, only to be called liars hours later by the top VA physician who first appeared on CNN and brought the allegations to light.<\/p>\n

“We believe it is important to allow an independent, objective review to proceed,” Shinseki said in a written statement. “… These allegations, if true, are absolutely unacceptable and if the Inspector General’s investigation substantiates these claims, swift and appropriate action will be taken.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, while they’re at it, they can investigate why the president thinks Shinseki is blameless in the the preponderance of inefficiency of the veterans Affairs Department. Somehow, everyone seems scared of Shinseki. While evidence mounts that he is an incompetent boob, he seems bullet proof. <\/p>\n

The Washington Examiner<\/a> reports that a million and a half orders for medical care have disappeared at the VA nationwide, and there’s no way to track whether or not those veterans ever received their care in another gambit to hide the VA’s bureaucratic inefficiencies;<\/p>\n

Since May 2013, veterans’ medical centers nationwide have been under pressure to clear out 2 million backlogged orders for patient care or services.<\/p>\n

They were given wide latitude to cancel unfilled appointments more than 90 days old. By April 2014, the backlog of what the agency calls \u201cunresolved consults\u201d was down to about 450,000.<\/p>\n

What happened to other 1.5 million appointments is something that no one, including top officials at the veterans\u2019 agency, can answer.<\/p>\n

A review by the Government Accountability Office of the process VA used to close old consult orders found that poor documentation in patient files and the lack of independent verification made it impossible to know whether patients got care they needed before their medical orders were canceled.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Is there a war against veterans in this administration? That certainly appears to be the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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