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Townhall
Despite
Promises From Congress and White House, Veteran's Affairs Hasn't Been
Fixed
Katie Pavlich
Apr 10, 2015
Despite numerous hearings and promises from Congress and feigned
outrage from the White House, the Veteran's Affairs system, whose WAIT
times have left more than 1000 veterans dead, hasn't been fixed. More
from the AP:
A year after Americans recoiled at revelations that sick veterans were
getting sicker while languishing on waiting lists, VA statistics show
that the NUMBER of patients facing long waits has not declined, even
after Congress gave the department an extra $16.3 billion LAST summer
to shorten waits for care.
Nearly 894,000 appointments COMPLETED at VA medical facilities from
Aug. 1 to Feb. 28 failed to meet the health system's timeliness goal,
which calls for patients to be seen within 30 days. More than a quarter
of those appointments involved a delay of longer than 60 days.
by Deal TopX
An extra $16.9 billion in extra funding and the problem still isn't
remotely close to being fixed...
Read the rest of the article at Townhall
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