Just to get the word out - Ongoing Problems at the VA.....

[Guest ScareCrow]

Just to get the word out and perhaps this can be a sticky and we can keep adding to it, its just so good I thought it could use its own posting??

Daily Show host summed up the problems at the VA.....

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/ynh4ed/the-daily-show-with-jon-stewart-ignoring-private-ryan

 Just in 2012 alone, $97,000,000.00 in bonuses were awarded to VA Employees.....

 

Edited May 17, 2016 by ScareCrow

[Berta]

Don't forget..."Unnatural Causes" was a true story.

The VA nurse (Maude De Vickers, a VA Benefits counselor)who started to look into the AO connection,when John Ritter got sick, was reduced from her office ,to working from a broom closet

in the VAMC.

Not much different from the treatment whistleblowers have been getting over the last few years.

Then along came Beverly Nehmer and NVLSP took her case, and these two facets of the AO story have brought AO to what it is today...responsible for multiple medical issues and disabilities that are fully compensable.

Interesting thread... I am interested in the latest on the Candyland doctor, who VA reported had  put veterans into an " unacceptable

risk" category. He was arrested for homicide. I am sure that full story is here.

[TALON II FE]

The real problem, which most of us don't like to acknowledge, is that our society these days is all "single serving" people (Fight Club fans will get this reference).  No one engages anymore without a small, glass touchscreen between them and the next person.  Every bite-sized news story is quickly replaced by a piece of shiny trash on a celebrity none of us care about.  It is all about distracting societies from real issues to whatever 'shiny bauble' they hold up next.  Did you here Justin Bieber got a new haircut?  What about Sean Penn going to Chitty Caca?  Did you see Paris Hilton's revealing crotch shot? What about Jenner's boob job? Or...whatever else?

[Vync]

Berta,
You're correct! I read the "candy man" news article and could not help but ask why he was not arrested earlier.

 

Talon,
Great Fight Club reference. Also reminds me of Don Henley's song Dirty Laundry.

[Guest ScareCrow]

UPDATE, the VA apparently didnt feel like it was getting enough VA bonuses for VA execs and VA employees so in 2014 they awarded themselves $142,000,000.00 more in VA bonuses from the very money that is ear marked for us as disabled veterans!?

We cant get our claims approved and or our benefits period and VA execs and VA employees get $142,000,000.00 in addition to the $97,000,000.00 in 2012 that they already got in bonuses; why should very well paid government execs and employees get bonuses in the first place!?

Edited May 14, 2016 by ScareCrow

[Prettypantha]

On March 23, 2016 at 8:31 AM, Vync said:

John,
I'm sorry you are having to go through this. Abraham Lincoln is probably rolling over in his grave because the VA of today is failing to keep the promise he made so long ago. Situations like yours are the ones the VA tries to keep contained via their propaganda machine.

I personally think the VA pharmacy lied to you about the opaites. Everyone I talk with describes the exact opposite scenario. The VA seems to be making it near impossible for anyone to receive pain medications.

Exactly!!! I have problems even getting hydrocodone at this point!

[fiveman1]

It is truly heartbreaking to hear so many stories of poor treatment at VA facilities. My experiences with the Battle Creek, Grand Rapids, and Wyoming, MI, and Sandusky, OH VAMCs have always been exemplary. I always recommend VA health care to fellow vets, and I hold these caring professionals in the highest regard.

I apologize if this offends those of you with bad experiences, and I truly hope the agency's "transformation" efforts succeed in improving all our lives.