{"id":59529,"date":"2015-04-27T10:00:01","date_gmt":"2015-04-27T14:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=59529"},"modified":"2015-04-27T09:17:20","modified_gmt":"2015-04-27T13:17:20","slug":"va-secretary-aging-veterans-created-stress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=59529","title":{"rendered":"VA Secretary; aging veterans “created stress”"},"content":{"rendered":"

AZ Central<\/a> reports that the Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs is blaming the fact that Vietnam veterans are getting older, instead of dying, is what strains the resources of the Department;<\/p>\n

“Our veteran population \u2014 particularly that population who fought during the Vietnam War \u2014 is aging,” McDonald said. “And the aging of that population is what created the stress on the system. Sound familiar? The VA is the canary in the coal mine.”<\/p>\n

At Arizona’s VA medical facilities, which had experienced a surge of patients, results were devastating: “The week after I got this job, I went to Phoenix \u2014 the epicenter \u2014 and I discovered we were short 1,000 (medical) providers,” said the secretary. “And we were short clinical space.”<\/p>\n

McDonald touted a hiring program, increased referrals for private treatment under a Veterans Choice program, and other reforms that he said have dramatically improved service to veterans.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, so why is the Obama Administration trying to do away with the Veterans’ Choice program? I’m still getting messages from people every day who ask me about it – they’re just finding out about the program that is supposed to take some of the pressure off the VA. I guess it was about a month ago that I just got my card and already the Obama Administration is calling it a failure and trying to get money back out of the program – they weren’t so quick to cancel the Obamacare program when participation was anemic at first, were they? But, hey, it’s only veterans.<\/p>\n

If you were really concerned about the country, you’d hurry up and die – you’d really be helping the VA Secretary out if you would. M’kay?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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