While the nation was honoring the men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in defense of our country, a shocking story came out on Memorial Day about a series of criminal investigations into drug theft by employees at dozens of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) hospitals. The Associated Press reports that the VA  Inspector... Read more »

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It’s easy to misplace a $10 calculator, and people lose cell phones all the time. But it’s pretty rare to lose a refrigerator. That’s exactly what the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Central-Western Massachusetts Healthcare system managed to do. An investigative news team looked into hundreds of pages of “lost and found” records from 2010 to... Read more »

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The VA has a history of misusing taxpayer funds on overblown or mismanaged projects. The constant claim from lawmakers in the past has been “the VA wouldn’t mess up so much if they just had more funding.” But even the VA Secretary himself disagrees with that narrative, stating on multiple occasions that the VA’s problems... Read more »

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The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee is scheduled to mark up the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act in an afternoon session today, and that can’t happen soon enough. Last year, whistleblower reports came from the Chicago-area Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital claiming cockroaches had infested the hospital’s kitchen and were even on occasion served in... Read more »

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A VA hospital in suburban Chicago with a history of serious hygienic problems has come under fire once again — this time for serving their patients raw and expired food. The Daily Caller first reported on the culinary derelictions: Photos acquired exclusively by The Daily Caller show food at the Hines VA Medical Center is... Read more »

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Less than a month after a shocking report from Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Inspector General Michael Missal that detailed “serious and troubling deficiencies that placed patients at unnecessary risks,” the D.C. VA medical center finds itself under additional scrutiny after “further incidents” were uncovered yesterday by the Inspector General. While visiting the DC medical... Read more »

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Today a bipartisan group of senators introduced a bill that would bring stronger accountability reform to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Johnny Isakson (R-GA), Jon Tester (D-MT), and Bill Nelson (D-FL) reached across the aisle to craft the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017. This new legislation is... Read more »

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More than 100 veterans died while waiting for care at a Veterans Affairs hospital in Los Angeles, Ca., over a nine-month span ending in August 2015. This hits home for me not just as a member of the military, but as a third-generation United States Marine, born and raised in Los Angeles. My father and grandfather,... Read more »

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Only a week after reports of misdiagnosis and untreated traumatic brain injuries of combat veterans, Department of Veterans Affairs facilities in Boston facilities face new allegations. An Air Force veteran, identified only as Terry, claims VA officials handed him medical records of two other veterans in addition to his own, mishandling private information. He didn’t... Read more »

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The Department of Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General (OIG) recently released a report on the Los Angeles VA facilities, following allegations claiming 74 veterans died because they couldn’t be seen by VA health care providers. In 2015, former Congressman Jeff Miller requested the investigation to determine the validity of the claims. The OIG... Read more »

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