How Poorly Is Obama Treating Our Veterans?
List of VA problems is long and not new
Lee Covino / Western Journalism
Recently, the National Commander of the American Legion called for Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and other Under Secretaries in his agency to resign. It was the first time since 1941 that the veterans’ organization called for such a presidential appointee to step down. The American Legion Commander cited poor oversight and failed leadership in the VA when explaining his position. He listed a number of recent high-profile scandals that have “infected” the VA system as reasons for his public request.
According to the VA, the agency is currently involved with administering services for:
* 8.9M veterans enrolled in the health care system.
* 4.3M vets and survivors receiving compensation and pensions.
* 2M veterans with active home loans, with 950 applications approved daily.
* 1.6M veterans and dependents receiving education and training benefits under the new Post-9/11 GI Bill.
* 120,000 who receive final honors or burial in one of the VA’s 131 cemeteries.
The list of VA problems is long and not new to veteran advocates who continue to urge the government to do better. Advocate and VA Watchdog Jim Strickland enumerates some of the allegations, which include a VA clinic in Ft. Collins, CO allegedly falsifying records to make it appear that doctors were seeing all VA patients within two weeks. In addition, the Phoenix, AZ VA hospital is accused of using a secret waiting list, which may have resulted in the death of 40 veterans.
There have been recent articles documenting a long-standing backlog of VA claims that have been reduced by 44% to “just” 344,000 on March 31. Vets are now facing an average wait of “only” 119 days to receive a decision on a claim, provided that all the t’s are crossed and the i’s dotted.
So, is the VA ready for prime time?
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