More than 500 patients of the Buffalo Veterans Affairs Medical Center will be notified that they may be at risk of infection due to “an improperly cleaned medical scope.” The Buffalo News reported that manufacturer instructions “may not have been followed” by staff during the disinfection process for the reusable equipment. If there is a... Read more »

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Ensuring veterans’ safety has once again slipped through the cracks at the VA. According to a recent report, there has been a hole in the roof of the Spokane, Washington VA Medical Center, causing water to leak into the facility, for the past five years. A Spokane, Washington newspaper, the Spokesman-Review,found House Veterans Affairs Committee... Read more »

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Adam Miller spent 4 years on active duty in the Marine Corps. He sustained neck and back injuries during that time, the remnants of those injuries still affecting him today. After leaving the Marine Corps, Adam began seeking treatment with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for his service-connected injuries. He was met with a... Read more »

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This country has made a commitment to care for the men and women of our armed services that were disabled or injured in the line of duty. However, the DC VA has repeatedly failed to meet this obligation. Now, the former DC VA Director, who was found to have jeopardized veterans’ health while leading the... Read more »

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Veterans and registered voters widely support allowing vets to seek medical care outside the VA system. Responding to a new poll, 98 percent of veterans and 95 percent of registered voters surveyed said they favored giving veterans more choice over their health care by allowing them to receive services from medical facilities or providers beyond... Read more »

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The former Director of the D.C. VA Medical Center, Brian Hawkins, is the focus of another report from the Office of Inspector General (OIG) this week; this time putting VA confidential information at risk. Hawkins, who was demoted in April due to failing “to provide effective leadership”, was finally fired on Friday. A recent report... Read more »

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Ninety-eight percent of veterans favor more health care choices outside the existing VA medical system, according to a new poll released by Concerned Veterans for America. Among the poll’s key findings: Ninety-two percent of veterans think it is very or extremely important that lawmakers in Washington improve the way health care is provided to veterans;... Read more »

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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) took a crucial step forward to increase transparency and accountability by hiring someone who has first-hand experience of the systemic toxic culture at the VA. Brandon Coleman, a Marine veteran who worked at the Phoenix VA hospital as an addiction therapist was hired to work at the new VA... Read more »

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It was a dramatic week in Veterans Affairs last week, but on Friday the House finally passed legislation to continue funding the Veterans Choice Program. Lawmakers introduced a measure to continue funding at the beginning of last week, however it was shot down, mostly along party lines. But Friday was a different story. The House... Read more »

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Last night the House failed to pass a bill providing emergency funding for the Veterans Choice Program. Although reauthorized earlier this year by President Trump, VA Secretary David Shulkin surprisingly testified last month that the program was rapidly running out of money and would be depleted by mid-August. This, he said, was due to the... Read more »

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