Many people use July to take a family vacation, but the Department of Veterans Affairs hasn’t taken the month off from failing veterans. From Colorado to North Carolina, VA mismanagement and misconduct is rampant. Here are July’s top five #VAFails from around the country. A VA doctor in North Carolina reportedly admitted he’d been drinking before... Read more »

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The facility that’s earned itself just two out of five stars from the VA can’t stay out of the news. Earlier this month, an air cooling pipe burst at the D.C. VA Medical Center which lead to flooding on five levels of the hospital and postponement of multiple procedures. Ok, so pipes burst, what’s the... Read more »

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Last week the Government Accountability Office released a report confirming that the VA has repeatedly neglected to report poorly performing doctors to national databases and state licensing boards. Failure to report misconduct or malpractice resulted in doctors’ ability to obtain employment outside the VA health care system, potentially putting more patients in danger. The VA is... Read more »

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The Government Accountability Office released a report this week confirming that the Department of Veterans Affairs has failed to report poorly performing doctors at an incredibly high rate over the last several years. And, the VA’s handling of complaints about certain doctors has been slow, taking months or years in some instances. The GAO stressed that... Read more »

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The nation will honor and celebrate our nation’s heroes on Saturday in honor of Veterans Day. Leading up to that day, a flood of articles have pointed out alleged misconduct, poor care and gross negligence at three different VAs, showing just how dysfunctional the VA can be for the veterans who are caught in the... Read more »

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When Vietnam War veteran Bill Nutter checked into the Veterans Affairs hospital in Bedford, Massachusetts, doctors promised his family they would check on him every hour. The retired police officer had been battling diabetes, respiratory problems and other health issues as a result of his exposure to Agent Orange. According to the Boston Globe, the... Read more »

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An explosive article in USA Today reports the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has covered up hundreds of employees’ mistakes and withheld information from patients about medical mistakes that were committed in recent years. USA Today reviewed hundreds of confidential VA records and what they found is astonishing: “In at least 126 cases, the VA... Read more »

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Add the Louis A. Johnson Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center to the litany of VA facilities that have manipulated data to reduce reported wait times. After the Phoenix waitlist scandal was exposed in 2014, one would think this issue would have been resolved. Unfortunately, this practice continues with the West Virginia hospital being the most... Read more »

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In December of last year, reports emerged that the Tomah, Wisconsin VA facility had possibly failed to adequately care for patients. Tomah isn’t new to scandalous behavior, as it’s the sight of massive over-prescribing of narcotics and therefore nicknamed “Candy Land.” But last year we learned that a dentist in the Tomah VA may have... Read more »

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The construction of the Veterans Affairs medical center in Aurora, CO has been an ongoing scandal. First the VA ignored repeated warnings that the project was behind schedule and over budget. Then it fined the employee who raised those concerns. The contractor quit, leaving behind unfinished facilities after the VA was found in breach of... Read more »

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