His focus was solely on NY FTCA - VA cases and all I could do is give him some tips because these settlements are very well hidden by the VA.
No one here responded as a NYer with a FTCA issue when he asked me to post his contact info here.
He and another reporter found some large cases but they do not reveal how much was paid out in 1151 when FTCA was not an option ( or the claimant or survivor filed both FTCA and 1151claims.)
After a 1151 offset is recouped by VA for FTCA settlements ,then the subsequent SC payments under 1151 are not part of the whole picture...VA pays out more for malpractice then we know.
There is no record (except what I have in my settlement papers of what their malpractice on my husband cost them. I added up a recent audit and it all ,in my case, is a staggering sum.)
Interesting article and they did a good job in the article with the evidence they found. The rest of VA's secret malpractice cash pay outs is well hidden.
And there are probably many malpractice claims that are never filed because the vet or their survivor never considered VA could have been grossly negligent in their VA health care.
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GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !
When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief
Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was
simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."
Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.
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This is the same reporter who called me last year, interested in NY VA malpractice issues.
I was the only FTCA case here in NY that I had documentation on so I didn't want to let him use solely my story..it will be in my book anyhow....
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/legal-settlements-veterans-affairs-triple-article-1.2654179
His focus was solely on NY FTCA - VA cases and all I could do is give him some tips because these settlements are very well hidden by the VA.
No one here responded as a NYer with a FTCA issue when he asked me to post his contact info here.
He and another reporter found some large cases but they do not reveal how much was paid out in 1151 when FTCA was not an option ( or the claimant or survivor filed both FTCA and 1151claims.)
After a 1151 offset is recouped by VA for FTCA settlements ,then the subsequent SC payments under 1151 are not part of the whole picture...VA pays out more for malpractice then we know.
There is no record (except what I have in my settlement papers of what their malpractice on my husband cost them. I added up a recent audit and it all ,in my case, is a staggering sum.)
Interesting article and they did a good job in the article with the evidence they found. The rest of VA's secret malpractice cash pay outs is well hidden.
And there are probably many malpractice claims that are never filed because the vet or their survivor never considered VA could have been grossly negligent in their VA health care.
GRADUATE ! Nov 2nd 2007 American Military University !
When thousands of Americans faced annihilation in the 1800s Chief
Osceola's response to his people, the Seminoles, was
simply "They(the US Army)have guns, but so do we."
Sameo to us -They (VA) have 38 CFR ,38 USC, and M21-1- but so do we.
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