ranger11bv Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of veterans seeking health care but ending up on waiting lists of one month or more is 50 percent higher now than it was a year ago when a scandal over false records and long wait times wracked the Department of Veterans Affairs, The New York Times reported. The VA also faces a budget shortfall of nearly $3 billion, the Times reported in a story posted online ahead of its Sunday editions. The agency is considering furloughs, hiring freezes and other significant moves to reduce the gap, the newspaper reported. http://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2015/06/20/report-wait-lists-for-vets-even-longer-today-than-last-year "A veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of 'up to and including my life." 10% 1992 10% 1995 10% 2000 10% 2005 10% 2010 10% 2015 2015- found out that I have Post Concussion Syndrome(not SC), Stationed at contaminated installations Still at that great 10% !!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder Buck52 Posted June 21, 2015 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted June 21, 2015 Well if the VA goes Broke were all screwed! .........................Buck I am not an Attorney or VSO, any advice I provide is not to be construed as legal advice, therefore not to be held out for liable BUCK!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TALON II FE Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 So, are they going to start shorting people on ratings as a "viable" way of reducing their shortfall? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notorious Kelly Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 What is needed is an outside, independent review of why the VA is as it is. I suspect that Congress may already Know. Buck52 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TALON II FE Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 I suspect that Congress is just as guilty of financial mismanagement and fraud, waste & abuse. Therefore, they probably don't think it is a big deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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