Posted on 04/23/2015 3:40:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The nationwide scandal last spring over manipulated wait times at Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals led to the ouster of the secretary of veterans affairs and vows from the new leadership that people would be held accountable.
Then in February, the new secretary, Robert A. McDonald, asserted in a nationally televised interview that the department had fired 60 people involved in manipulating wait times to make it appear that veterans were receiving care faster than they were. In fact, the department quickly clarified after that interview, only 14 people had been removed from their jobs, while about 60 others had received lesser punishments.
Now, new internal documents show that the real number of people removed from their jobs is much smaller still: at most, three.
The documents given this month to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, which provided them to The New York Times, show that the department punished a total of eight of its 280,000 employees for involvement in the scandal. One was fired, one retired in lieu of termination, one’s termination is pending, and five were reprimanded or suspended for up to two months.
The only person fired was the director of the Phoenix hospital, Sharon Helman, who technically was removed not for her role in the manipulation of waiting lists but for receiving “inappropriate gifts,” according to the department.
In a statement released Wednesday night, the department did not dispute the numbers released by the committee, but said that more than 100 other employees were facing disciplinary action.
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The VA continues to hate Veterans, killing them through neglect. Isn’t that a problem?
To the left, the fact that veterans also have the Second Amendment right is the problem.
Under the First Moslem in the White Mosque,
and the GOP which lie down for him to mount daily,
American Veterans (HEROES), like all Americans,
have NO RIGHTS compared to criminal illegal aliens,
felons and Islamic Terrorists.
Its the government. When do government drones EVER lose their jobs for screwing up? Even when it kills people? Even when its illegal?
It turns out only one person was fired. And that person was probably innocent.
Whistle blowers in the agency, who tried to help veterans were targeted by the agency.
“Few People Lost Jobs at Fill in This Gubmint Agency Name”
Wish I had an Excel of people fired vs Vets dying per month. The comparison would be Martin Luther 99 theses on doors worthy.
There was every reason for a criminal investigation as VA officials committed fraud to get their bonuses
Good story on this yesterday in the San Fran Chronicle, on the Oakland VA.
This isn’t just laziness and incompetence.
This is an organized effort by the management of the VA to steal from Veterans.
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