Tori Richards, Editor’s note: This column originally appeared on watchdog.org First the White House Office of Special Counsel started an investigation into the embattled VA. Now it’s the turn of Health and Human Services for evidence that VA officials repeatedly accessed whistleblower medical records in retaliation — violating HIPAA laws. Whistleblower Brandon Coleman was notified… [Read More]
A Solution To The Government’s VA Problem
Jonah Goldberg, There is only one guaranteed way to get fired from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Falsifying records won’t do it. Prescribing obsolete drugs won’t do it. Cutting all manner of corners on health and safety is, at worst, going to get you a reprimand. No, the only sure-fire way to get canned at… [Read More]
HS football coach, Marine Corps vet not backing down from post-game prayers
Michael Schaus, According to liberals, God and high school football don’t mix. A U.S. Marine Corps veteran and assistant football coach at Bremerton High School in Washington is being “investigated” by the school district for his ritual of saying a short prayer on the 50-yard line after each game. Joe Kennedy found himself the focus… [Read More]
Trump pledges military buildup, better deal for vets
LOS ANGELES – Republican presidential contender Donald Trump said Tuesday that veterans should get subsidized private health care if they face unacceptable waits in the current system, because “we have illegal immigrants that are treated better by far than our veterans.” Trump addressed veterans aboard a World War II battleship in Los Angeles harbor in… [Read More]
Nearly 900,000 veterans have pending health care requests, watchdog says
WASHINGTON – Nearly 900,000 military veterans have officially pending applications for health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, the department’s inspector general said Wednesday, but “serious” problems with enrollment data make it impossible to determine how many veterans were actively seeking VA health care. About one-third of the 867,000 veterans with pending applications are… [Read More]
VA Inspector General Report: 307,000 Veterans Died Waiting For Health Care
Before Dan Doherty departed, he wrote about how the Veterans Affairs estimated that hundreds of thousands of their patients had died while waiting for care. At the time, Scott Davis, a program specialist at the VA Health Eligibility Center, divulged a report that was conducted within his department and that of the VA Office of Analytics… [Read More]
7 dead in Legionnaires’ outbreak at Illinois veterans home
Seven people have died and 32 sickened in a Legionnaires’ disease outbreak at a veterans home in Quincy, Illinois, state veterans and health officials said in a statement on Tuesday. The seven residents who died had underlying medical conditions, the statement said, adding that results are pending from tests to determine whether other residents have… [Read More]
Donald Trump Angry That Obama Government Treats Illegals Better Than it Treats Our Military Veterans
Speaking at a rally in Nashville, Tennessee, GOP candidate for president Donald Trump roused the crowd with charges that the Obama government in Washington D.C. treats illegal aliens better than it treats our own military veterans. Trump spoke to the gathering of the National Federation of Republican Assemblies. Speaking in Nashville at a National Federation… [Read More]
Mystery solved: Vet tombstones used for Missouri patio were discards
The rural Missouri homeowner whose patio made from military headstones sparked anger among veterans “used poor judgment,” but did nothing illegal — or malicious — when he scavenged discarded defective markers from a local landfill, authorities said. The patio, which was made up of about 150 headstones with veterans’ names, made national news when a… [Read More]
Videos allegedly show Memphis VA leaving disabled vets unattended
‘We we’re left to the wolves’ – Video footage allegedly showing veterans — many of whom are quadriplegics or paraplegics — being left unattended at a Memphis Veterans Affairs hospital during staff meetings is reviving concerns about how VA hospitals treat American servicemembers. The videos, first reported by Communities Digital News (CDN) and said to… [Read More]
Colo. school district won’t allow high school football team to honor fallen soldiers on jerseys
A school district in Colorado denied a high school football team’s request to honor the military by wearing the names of fallen service members on the back of their jerseys, saying it would open the door to similar requests from other causes. Lt. Col. Randy Russell, a veteran and parent of a student at Fossil… [Read More]
Group is gunning for small town’s veteran memorial cross
The memorial features a silhouette of a soldier holding a gun and kneeling at the foot of a cross. It was installed a few months ago alongside Freedom Rock at Young’s Park in the small town of Knoxville, Iowa. “It was clear to us it was a memorial to fallen veterans,” Mayor Brian Hatch told… [Read More]
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