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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Introduced last week in the House Veterans Affairs Committee, a major VA reform bill is slated for mark up this Wednesday. The bill, the VA Asset and Infrastructure Review Act of 2017, sets to address the hundreds of empty and under-utilized VA buildings by establishing a commission to make recommendations on modernization, consolidation, and realignment... Read more »

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Several pieces of legislation will be marked up by the House Veterans Affairs Committee this week, in an effort to bring much needed changes and reforms to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The committee will be marking up both the VA Care in the Community Act and the Asset and Infrastructure Review Act of... Read more »

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The VA has recently opened a new “healthcare improvement center” at its Washington, DC headquarters meant to boost visibility over problems at VA hospitals. This new center allows staff members to track problems at local VA hospitals and begin the process of fixing those issues. This new improvement center allows the VA to address issues... Read more »

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Secret appointment wait lists are alive and well at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), according to a letter from VA officials. The Omaha, Nebraska VA created and maintained a secret wait list for psychotherapy appointments that delayed care for 87 veterans in just 2017 alone. The VA has blamed the wait lists on “training... Read more »

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Things aren’t getting better for veterans at the worst Veterans Affairs hospitals in the country. The VA released its annual report ranking 146 of its medical centers on a scale of one to five stars. Despite promises to improve care for the men and women who put their lives on the line for our country,... Read more »

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The VA’s current structure is failing too many of our nation’s heroes. Enacting choice reform would be a tremendous help to those who are suffering under a mountain of red tape and bureaucratic ineptitude. The available data and countless stories show the VA desperately needs reform. Nevertheless, the VA still has an important role in... Read more »

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Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin testified before the House Veterans Affairs Committee yesterday advocating for more choice in House draft legislation that would reform the Veterans Choice Program and consolidate the community care programs. The House held a hearing on several VA related bills, but the two major Choice proposals – one by the... Read more »

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The House Committee on Veterans Affairs is considering the Asset and Infrastructure Review Act of 2017, which would give the VA authority to assess and realign its facilities and cut wasteful resources. This legislation would be an important step to making the VA more efficient at providing health care. In 2017, the Government Accountability Office... 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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