Medical Problems Extend to VA Hospitals

[Monkeyman]

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/politics/4613699.html

Washington--Substandard care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center appears to extend to the nation's vast network of veterans hospitals, the head of a House panel investigating the situation said Thursday.

Rep. Harry Mitchell , D-Ariz. , cited audits and reports that pointed to confusing paperwork and poor health care coordination as well as backlogs in the treatment of returning service members who were deemed at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder.

That's unacceptable and embarrassing , and the American people deserve answers", Mitchell said in remarks prepared for hearing late Thursday. "I'm not convinced the Veterans Affairs Department is doing its part."

NO SHIT ASK A VET

[Monkeyman]

1. I will add to this why in the hell do vets still vote replug by 52 percent ?

[benddem]

2. Having had

at one point both the Vet's list and the voter's registration lists and comparing them...I was appalled by the number of vets who aren't registered to vote. I had to restrain myself from calling them and screaming. Of course the number voting for the reptiles is another matter. One of the nurses at my hospital told me that of course she is a Rep. cause "they really take care of the troops." I wonder what she is saying now.

[Monkeyman]

3. It drive me nuts They bi-ch all day then vote Replug

[Thothmes]

4. Ask a Vet

Unfortunately, this has been the case for decades. Doesn't make a difference who the Administration is, VA almost always gets the hind teat. Saw cockroaches & mice in VA facilities in the 60s, H1 visa doctors in the 70s, shoddy care in the 80s, and obsolete facilities in the 90s. While the current administration has acerbated the problem. The problems have always been there.