Posted on 05/28/2014 12:25:16 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
A report released Wednesday says the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General has discovered 1,700 veterans in the VA’s Phoenix Health Care System (HCS) who are seeking medical treatment, but have yet to be put on a wait list by the VA.
That finding is a sign that the VA is continuing to manipulate wait-time data to give the appearance that veterans are not waiting very long to receive health treatment. The VA healthcare scandal started with reports out of Phoenix that said veterans were not being put on the electronic wait list until it was known that an appointment could be scheduled relatively quickly.
Specifically, the report said the Inspector General has discovered 1,400 veterans on the electronic wait list that still don’t have a primary care appointment. But it also found 1,700 others who are also waiting, and yet are not on the electronic wait list.
“Most importantly, these veterans were and continue to be at risk of being forgotten or lost in Phoenix HCS’s convoluted scheduling process,” it said. It added that “inappropriate scheduling practices are systemic throughout VHA.”
The report said that so far, the Inspector General’s work has “substantiated serious conditions at the Phoenix HCS.” But it also stresses that no final conclusions are being drawn yet about whether long wait-times at the Phoenix HCS contributed to the death of any veterans.
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See also here:
http://www.freep.com/article/20140528/NEWS07/305280153/veteran-affairs-va-hospital-appointment
Report: Veterans waited 6 months for appointment at Phoenix VA hospital
Yeah Nancy, the pass it to find out what is in it is crystal clear by looking at the VA. What we find out is in it is nothing as far as service goes. Obamacare on display. We are in it America. THanks Obama!
Communist sons of bitches.
The ‘Model’ for Obamacare’s future........................
Those Democrats sure found a way to get those $50,000 federal checks out to those Democrat make-believe pig farmers in a hurry.
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