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VA Dr. Whistleblower: Returning Wounded Vets Forced To Wait More Than 10 Months Before Treatment! http://ow.ly/2H2LxU



Greg Hengler - VA Dr. Whistleblower: Returning Wounded Vets Forced To Wait More Than 10 Months Before Treatment!

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VA Dr. Whistleblower: Returning Wounded Vets Forced To Wait More Than 10 Months Before Treatment!

Greg Hengler | May 22, 2014

Amazing testimony uncovered from CNN's Sr. Investigative Correspondent (and the one responsible for exposing the VA scandal) spoke with Dr. Katherine Mitchell, Director at Phoenix VA's Post-Deployment Clinic.



http://townhall.com/tipsheet/greghen...tment-n1842177

60 Dead Veterans left to rot in LA County Morgue for 18 months while Obama Gets Photo Op in Afghanistan - Freedom Outpost







60 Dead Veterans left to rot in LA County Morgue for 18 months while Obama Gets Photo Op in Afghanistan

Richard Anthony 1 hour ago

Nothing our president does comes as a surprise anymore, but when he uses our troops, still stationed in Afghanistan, for nothing more than a photo-op to deflect from his abysmal neglect of veterans here at home, it's beyond shameful! I wonder, did he really think that we'd swallow that little bit of theater? Does he really think the American people are that stupid? Answer - Well of course he does!

There is more shocking news regarding the VA scandal coming out every single day now. But boy, howdy....didn't he look great putting that wreath on the tomb of the Unknowns on Memorial Day? If I was one of those "low information voters," I would almost swear that he really does care about our nation's finest. Thank God I'm not that stupid! For the president to tell America he knew nothing about the problems within the VA is also insulting.

More disturbing news has surfaced about the neglect by the VA. This time it comes from Los Angeles County, where the dead bodies of at least 60 veterans have been left in the LA county morgue for almost a year and a half without being processed and given a burial with honors that they deserve.

This past Thursday, the LA County Coroner's Office was asked why the bodies had not yet received a proper burial after a source indicated there may have been as many as 60 veterans at the morgue for the past year and a half. The morgue says the bodies were unclaimed and they don't know how long the veterans were there.

The law states veterans are supposed to receive a proper burial.

The Veterans Administration says they were never notified the bodies were processed and ready to be buried. The LA County Morgue and the Veteran's Administration were blaming each other for the mistake. I would have given almost anything to have listened to that conversation.

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId= 10197783

The Obama administration's neglect of my fellow veterans is beyond insulting. But what the heck folks, what's one more scandal to these people? How many more times will our president act "outraged" and promise to get to the bottom of things and not do a darn thing? The White House and the DOJ have done everything they can to impede any investigations ranging from Operation Fast And Furious up to and including this latest scandal involving the Veterans Administration.
I'll tell you what I'm grateful for; I thank God that I have a family that cares about me. I'm also grateful that my wife and I have already paid for our cemetery plot. I shudder to think what would happen to my remains if I didn't have a family, or if I had to depend on the VA to provide me with a timely burial. Would my body be left to rot in a county morgue like those men?

If this story doesn't make you mad as hell, then nothing will.

I wonder, what those dead veterans in the L.A. county morgue would say to our president if they could speak?

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If Possible - The VA Scandal Just Got Worse


By Onan Coca / 17 June 2014



I’m not sure it’s possible that a scandal where the government allows our heroes to die without ever receiving care, then covers up those deaths as if they never happened… can get any worse. But if it can, it just did.
The New York Times is reporting that corruption, backlog and heartlessness at the VA go back much longer than the government first let on.
Staff members at dozens of Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country have objected for years to falsified patient appointment schedules and other improper practices, only to be rebuffed, disciplined or even fired after speaking up, according to interviews with current and former staff members and internal documents.
The growing V.A. scandal over long patient wait times and fake scheduling books is emboldening hundreds of employees to go to federal watchdogs, unions, lawmakers and outside whistle-blower groups to report continuing problems, officials for those various groups said.
In interviews with The New York Times, a half-dozen current and former staff members — four doctors, a nurse and an office manager in Delaware, Pennsylvania and Alaska — said they faced retaliation for reporting systemic problems. Their accounts, some corroborated by internal documents, portray a culture of silence and intimidation within the department and echo experiences detailed by other V.A. personnel in court filings, government investigations and congressional testimony, much of it largely unnoticed until now.
The department has a history of retaliating against whistle-blowers, which Sloan D. Gibson, the acting V.A. secretary, acknowledged this month at a news conference in San Antonio. “I understand that we’ve got a cultural issue there, and we’re going to deal with that cultural issue,” said Mr. Gibson, who replaced Eric K. Shinseki after Mr. Shinseki resigned over the scandal last month. Punishing whistle-blowers is “absolutely unacceptable,” Mr. Gibson said.
The federal Office of Special Counsel, which investigates whistle-blower complaints, is examining 37 claims of retaliation by V.A. employees in 19 states, and recently persuaded the V.A. to drop the disciplining of three staff members who had spoken out.
The Times article also says that thus far, the pogrom against whistleblowers goes back at least 7 years!
This is simply more proof of how the government works. Whether it’s the IRS, the NSA, the Justice Department, the EPA, the BLM, or the VA, government agencies are heavy-handed and often without oversight. The government is just too BIG. There is no way to monitor all of the horrible mismanagement and malfeasance that happens among these agencies – which is a prime example of why socialism/communism is always full of corruption and waste. It is inefficient, and when dealing with people, simple and unmeant inefficiency very quickly becomes destructive evil.
So, the VA has known about these problems for years and done nothing to solve them. In fact, instead of dealing with the issues, they’ve instead persecuted the people trying to fix things, and just swept the mess under the rug.
Sounds just like our government.
The folks at Reason have put together a brilliant music video that succinctly explains the entire VA scandal and throws in a little Bowe Bergdahl just for fun.




When we heard the wait times on our list
were so long that patients died
We said "This is government-run healthcare"
"So we're gonna do what's right"
We're gonna grab a piece of paper
and we'll make a second list
We'll just say that wait times aren't that long
and that no deadlines were missed
and when people die we'll cross them off
and pretend they don't exist
cuz there ain't no doubt we can't be fired
God bless the government
Our government sucks. Let’s get to work on getting a new one.

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