In Obama’s AmeriKa, illegals who are flooding our southern border, and terrorists being held at Gitmo, get far better medical treatment than our veterans. Not only is Obama’s VA corrupt, it may have lead to the death of over 1,000 veterans in recent years as grunts at the VA tried to hide wait times, falsify documents, because they wanted their bonus.
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| More than 1,000 vets may have died due to VA ‘mismanagement’ |
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Coburn’s claim that more than 1,000 veterans may have died in the decade since 2001 as the result of hospital mismanagement and neglect is based on a story from the Center for Investigative Reporting this past April. The center found that the VA had paid out more than $200 million to settle wrongful death claims by nearly 1,000 families.
The release of Coburn’s report comes one day after Carolyn Lerner, the head of the Office of Special Counsel, sent a letter to President Obama stating that the VA had not properly investigated allegations made by its employees of scheduling manipulation or improper care. The New York Times reported late Monday that the Office of Special Counsel has forwarded 29 cases of VA workers alleging harm to patients for further investigation. Another 60 cases being investigated involve VA employees who allege they faced reprisals for raising concerns about care.
A section of Coburn’s report on whistleblower reprisals cites the case of a former employee of the Fort Collins, Colo., VA center who refused to manipulate schedules so appointments would appear to occur within a 14-day period following an initial consultation. In response, Coburn’s report alleges, the employee was suspended without pay for two weeks and later transferred to a Wyoming facility with a pay cut.
Lerner’s letter also mentioned the Fort Collins site, at which, she wrote, 3,000 veterans were unable to reschedule canceled appoints.