easyt65
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"How big of a clue bat does someone need to be hit over the head with before they begin to get the message? After all of the scandals which have embroiled the VA since 2014, you’d think that the one thing every manager around the country would be keenly aware of was the national sense of public outrage over veterans being kept waiting for months on end for critical medical appointments and VA medical facilities lying about it.
After being alerted by a whistleblower that leaders at a VA Medical Center in Houston were telling staff to falsify wait times, the Veteran’s Affairs inspector general took a look.
What the IG found is alarming. More than a year after the national scandal broke that exposed widespread delays and attempts by officials to hide them, this clinic was still masking chronic wait times for veterans…
Of those 223 veterans, 42% ended up waiting an average of 81 days before getting a new appointment. But by misreporting the reason for the cancellation, the clinic was able to claim that these veterans had waited just 3 days.
As a result, the IG says, “recorded wait times did not reflect the actual wait experienced by the veterans.”
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One part of the solution is obvious: Fire all those involved and bring in all new personnel.
Everyone knows, however, no one will be held accountable. The DOJ even recently declared they will not enforce part of the law that made it possible to fire the Obama-appointed head of the Va, making it possible for her to get her job back despite the massive Va scandal and her part in it.
'Hope and Change'? You can HOPE there will be CHANGE, but don't count on it until Obama leaves office and Hillary is defeated. Until then Vets will continued to be screwed! 'Forward'....
Oh good. Another VA wait time scandal - Hot Air
After being alerted by a whistleblower that leaders at a VA Medical Center in Houston were telling staff to falsify wait times, the Veteran’s Affairs inspector general took a look.
What the IG found is alarming. More than a year after the national scandal broke that exposed widespread delays and attempts by officials to hide them, this clinic was still masking chronic wait times for veterans…
Of those 223 veterans, 42% ended up waiting an average of 81 days before getting a new appointment. But by misreporting the reason for the cancellation, the clinic was able to claim that these veterans had waited just 3 days.
As a result, the IG says, “recorded wait times did not reflect the actual wait experienced by the veterans.”
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One part of the solution is obvious: Fire all those involved and bring in all new personnel.
Everyone knows, however, no one will be held accountable. The DOJ even recently declared they will not enforce part of the law that made it possible to fire the Obama-appointed head of the Va, making it possible for her to get her job back despite the massive Va scandal and her part in it.
'Hope and Change'? You can HOPE there will be CHANGE, but don't count on it until Obama leaves office and Hillary is defeated. Until then Vets will continued to be screwed! 'Forward'....
Oh good. Another VA wait time scandal - Hot Air
