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Title: Report: nearly one-third of veterans in VA backlog died before receiving VA healthcare
Source: HA
URL Source: http://hotair.com/archives/2015/07/ ... efore-receiving-va-healthcare/
Published: Jul 14, 2015
Author: Gabriel Malor
Post Date: 2015-07-15 22:51:36 by Tooconservative
Keywords: None
Views: 6220
Comments: 36

This is an astonishing report from the Huffington Post. According to leaked slides from a Veterans Affairs whistleblower, 238,657 of 847,822 veterans whose enrollments were pending with the VA were “likely deceased.” More than 28% of pending VA health applicants showed up in external databases (external to the VA, that is) as deceased before the VA completed their enrollments. A VA spokesman responded to the report by explaining that some of these now-deceased applicants probably obtained alternative healthcare through Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare, or private insurance. That’s no excuse, the whistleblower told Huffington Post:
As for some vets having other insurance, [Scott Davis] said it is “immaterial and a farce” to suggest that means VA shouldn’t be providing vets with the health care they earned.

“VA wants you to believe, by virtue of people being able to get health care elsewhere, it’s not a big deal. But VA is turning away tens of thousands of veterans eligible for health care,” he said. “VA is making it cumbersome, and then saying, ‘See? They didn’t want it anyway.'”

At a minimum, the high number of dead people on the pending list indicates a poor bookkeeping process that overstates the number of living applicants — a number that should be closer to 610,000.

Poor bookkeeping in government? Knock me over with a feather.

Oh, and just for funsies, the VA says it may start closing hospitals and furloughing employees to help close a $2.5 billion funding gap.  Congresscritters are not pleased at the late disclosure since the funds run out September 30 and Congress is about to go on break until September 6.
Lawmakers from both parties faulted the VA for failing to announce the impending shortfall before last month. Lawmakers also criticized the agency for failing to anticipate or fix budget problems, including a failed VA hospital project in Denver that is more than $1 billion over budget.

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said he was troubled at “VA’s continued lack of transparency and refusal to be forthright with Congress,” but said, “veterans must not be penalized for VA’s ongoing mismanagement.”

September is going to be a hellish month for Congress. Congress has to pass the 12 annual spending bills (or pass a continuing resolution, kicking the can down the road instead), plus deal with expiring Children’s Health Insurance Program and school lunch programs. And there’s this little thing going on with Iran that will also have a mid-September deadline.

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#3. To: TooConservative (#0)

At a minimum, the high number of dead people on the pending list indicates a poor bookkeeping process that overstates the number of living applicants — a number that should be closer to 610,000.

It indicates a VA delay-till-they-die-or-give-up policy that is working.

nolu chan  posted on  2015-07-15   23:21:03 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: nolu chan (#3)

It indicates a VA delay-till-they-die-or-give-up policy that is working.

So it seems. And somehow that isn't news to the big libmedia outlets.

But they have new constituencies to pander to. The gays, the illegals, the transgenderies, etc. So screw the vets, screw the old people and destitute, screw the Christians, etc.

Tooconservative  posted on  2015-07-15   23:50:59 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#6. To: TooConservative (#5)

About 2 years ago my Dad chose to stop getting
any care from the VA. He figured they were
no longer helping him. And he could very well
have been right.

So he got two more years (of life) - for whatever reason.
Could have happened the same under private sector
medical care. Heck - it could have been worse.
The man had three types of cancer - so hey...
Only the Lord knows.

I may find out on the next plain of existence.

He was 89 when he died. 3 1/2 months short of 90.
(He died in a hospice - not at the VA.)
At least he is no longer struggling to breath.
Had been on oxygen at home for a few years.
He had oxygen lines running all over house. LOL.

Chuck_Wagon  posted on  2015-07-16   14:31:43 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#8. To: Chuck_Wagon (#6)

A VA Doctor put me on an increased dosage of Atenerol for my heart. Not long afterwards, I took a nose dive in a store. The medical opinion is that the increased dosage caused the dive. Since I got out of the hospital several weeks ao, I've been fine on a quarter of the dosage.

Don  posted on  2015-07-16   14:38:49 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#9. To: Don (#8)

A VA Doctor put me on an increased dosage of Atenerol for my heart. Not long afterwards, I took a nose dive in a store.

I believe you must mean atenolol. Whenever you are prescribed a medication it is best to get on the internet and read all the potential side effects and food/drug interactions. As we age some become more pronounced. Good luck.

http://www.drugs.com/food-interactions/atenolol.html

Kluane  posted on  2015-07-16   14:45:36 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


#10. To: Kluane (#9)

Thanks for that link.

Fred Mertz  posted on  2015-07-16   14:52:19 ET  Reply   Untrace   Trace   Private Reply  


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#11. To: Fred Mertz (#10)

Thanks for that link.

You are welcome.

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