A new investigation into the Department of Veterans Affairs employees in Colorado has raised the alarming possibility that VA corruption is bigger than previously believed — and President Barack Obama’s administration seems to be doing everything they can to keep it hidden.
Government investigators said Wednesday they are looking into allegations that Colorado VA employees kept unofficial lists of veterans waiting for health care that would conceal how long it takes to get the health care they’re promised.
The internal audit comes a shocking four weeks after Colorado Sens. Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Cory Gardner asked for the inquiry. Any time a veteran remains without care on a wait lists is time that a veteran’s life is on the line.
Not only is the amount of time they took to confirm the audit unacceptable, the nature of the audit itself is incredibly alarming.
An audit performed internally tends to be less rigorous and more likely to ignore major issues — the investigators may have a personal interest in concealing the wrongdoing.
Could secret wait lists be happening at VA facilities nationwide?
The VA’s internal watchdog announced an audit in a letter to Sens. Johnson and Gardner Wednesday.
Johnson and Gardner asked for the inquiry after a whistleblower told them the lists were allegedly used at the Denver VA Medical Center and VA health clinics in Colorado Springs and the Denver suburb of Golden.
The inquiry by the VA’s inspector general also will look into the whistleblower’s allegations that records at the Colorado Springs clinic were falsified after a veteran took his own life while awaiting treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder.
Unofficial or secret lists have been used at VA facilities across the country to hide lengthy delays in care for veterans. Forty veterans died while waiting for appointments at a Phoenix VA hospital.
The scandal led Congress to fund the Veterans Choice program, which allows veterans to seek private care at government expense if they have waited 30 days or longer. It also led to the ouster of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki.
It also confirmed that the alleged wait lists were unofficial records that could hide true wait times.
In a written statement, Gardner said he welcomed the inspector general’s announcement. He called the allegations serious and said they should be reviewed thoroughly.
Inspector general’s spokesman Mike Nacincik described it as an audit rather than an investigation. He said auditors could refer the results to investigators, depending on what they find.
VA wait times in Colorado have been an issue before. In February, the inspector general said workers at the Colorado Springs clinic incorrectly reported that some veterans got appointments sooner than they actually did, while at least 288 people had to wait longer than the 30-day target. Investigators didn’t say whether the records were deliberately falsified.
Our veterans deserve the top care our nation can offer, but instead their health issues are ignored, and it appears the Obama adminstration is putting more effort into concealing their wrongdoing than actually fixing the problem.
That’s wrong, anyway you spin it.
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
This is true and not only in 1or 2 places But according to Hillary the VA is just fine. All the more reason for vet and those that care about our veterans to vote for Trump
yes, it is true and I am an example! 4-6 weeks to get to a primary doctor for a referral for the hospital!
The $10,000,000 Choice phone number goes unanswered!
Then they wonder why vets are pissed off!
When the country makes a promise to the vet that he will be taken care of and then to renig on that promise and be treated as a sub human is just too friggen much. You bet they want to take our guns, because we were trained how to use them!
The joke will be on the American citizen’s if Hillary gets in,because she will scrap Obama care and give the the single payer mandate and they will learn as to how vets are treated!
Our veterans aren’t “throw away” people to the American Citizens or to Trump. They have had their rights and benefits taken from them and given to Obama’s and Clinton’s “refugees”!!
This is just another case of Obama screwing up everything that he touches. He doesn’t like veterans, the armed forces or Christians.
Obama is a Radical Muslim; what do you expect from someone who is sworn to destroy America anyway he can? There are hundreds of examples of him siding with Islamic Terrorists and Terrorist States like Iran. He just made it possible for Iran (largest State sponsor of Terrorism in the World) to acquire a Nuclear Weapon, very soon!! Iran; a Country who has said they will wipe Israel off the Map and called America the Big Satan & Israel the little Satan and chanted “Destroy America” in their Parliament, is best of friends with Obama!
The VA hospitals need to either start meeting the demand for their services or they need to be closed down. The vets might be better served by receiving care from non-government hospitals. We need a president that makes vets a priority.
That is why i’m voting for DONALD TRUMP/I WANT CHANGED AND HE WILL DO THAT FOR US.
The VA hospitals need to either start meeting the demand for their services or they need to be closed down. The vets might be better served by receiving care from non-government hospitals. We need a president that makes vets a priority.
The VA hospitals need to either start meeting the demand for their services or they need to be closed down. The vets might be better served by receiving care from non-government hospitals. We need a president that makes vets a priority.
Nothing changes at VA same old thing. No one ever gets fired no one gets prosecuted ever, oh wait it is just like the rest of government isn’t it. Vote Trump!!! See what happens.
Of all the people that should have priority care, it should be those that have been in the service of protecting our freedoms… VETERANS!
Face facts…..the VA is beyond fixing…….Affirmative Action criminals have made the VA a massive useless corrupt Agency and it must be DEFUNDED ASAP so US Military Wounded Warriors can get the health care promised (and they fought for).
NOTE: hundreds of statements like above have not received a single VA Employee argument to the contrary.
never sent me a reply to my request.!!!!
I’ve been on a waiting list for a medical appointment with the VA for 10 months with no end in sight. Every month I call to check on my status and I get the exact same answer. “Good news… We are hiring 5 additional doctors this month.” I hear this same statement each month but nothing ever changes. With a heart condition, I have no doubt I will be one of those veterans that dies waiting for treatment. I called my senator for help and they gave him that same line. Unfortunately, he believes them.
Larry
The Villages, Florida
Another example of how little O’bozo the “Big Eared” Clown is concerned and cares about our Veterans in spite of his claims – he should fire everyone and start afresh, but we know that will never happen as it would interrupt his golf outings. Can’t wait for this “moron” to be out of office and our lives.
As a young man stepping up for our freedom in Vietnam and telling myself this for all of us
and I will do what I need to do.
Only to find myself years later concerned about healthcare for myself.
Finding a path to receive conversation regarding Agent Orange is very confusing even with
news letters regarding this matter.
Even when you complain, even to the asst. director, because you can never see, the director of the hospital, mine being the Noth Texas V. A. Healthcare facility. Lost records, push back on treatment, refusal to admit, and dodgone misinterpretation of problems. They will not except your problems that they can see, without records from many years ago, that they have poorly stored recordkeeping, that they want you to provide, or go and get a doctor , that never treated you to sign a statement to connect your problems with your complaints, which most doctors will not do.
DEAR CLINTON-LOVING MILLENIELS, many of whom live off their parents:
You are about to lose your financial support system, because parents are scheduled to die under Heil-Hit-Liar-y, READ ON…….
Pay SPECIAL ATTENTION to pages 58 & 59
WELL, WELL, WELL….WE KNEW THIS WAS COMING…HOW MANY PEOPLE KNEW THIS???
Obama held all of this until his term was almost over. The fee also for Medicare goes up something
close to $237
a month per person starting next year.
IMPORTANT ACTION INFORMATION FOR NOVEMBER, 2016, VOTE Medicare at age
76!
If you don’t read this, and do nothing about it, don’t complain when it affects you or your loved ones! This is the second Judge to have read the Obama Care
document comments. More highlights of Nancy’s “pass it and then find out what’s in the bill”! Show this to everyone nearing the ripe old age of 76. These are just a few of the things that we seniors are going to have to deal with which started in 2014.
MEDICARE AT AGE 76, IMPORTANT PLEASE READ – ANYONE WHO DOUBTS THIS IS TRUE CAN DOWNLOAD THE NEW OBAMACARE AND LOOK UP THE PAGES
MENTIONED. THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING….
THIS should be read by everyone, especially important to those over 75……. If you are younger, then it may apply to your parents. Your hospital
Medicare admittance has just changed under ObamaCare.
You must be admitted by your primary Physician in order for Medicare to pay for it! If you are admitted by an emergency room doctor,
it is treated as outpatient care where hospital costs are not covered.
This is only the tip of the iceberg for Obama Care.
Just wait to see what else went into effect in 2014. YOU
ARE NOT GOING TO LIKE THIS… At
age 76, when you most need it most, you are NOT eligible
for cancer
treatment…
* see page 272. What Nancy Pelosi didn’t want us to know
until after the healthcare bill was passed. Remember, she
said, “We have to pass the Bill so that we can see what’s in
it.” Well,
here it is.
Obama Care Highlighted by Page Number THE CARE BILL HB 3200 JUDGE KITHIL IS THE 2ND OFFICIAL WHO HAS OUTLINED THESE PARTS OF THE CARE BILL.
Judge KITHIL of Marble Falls, TX highlighted the most egregious pages of HB3200. Please read this…… especially the reference to pages 58 & 59. JUDGE KITHIL
wrote:
Page 50/section 152: The
bill will provide insurance to all non-U.S. residents, even if they are here illegally.
Page 58 and 59: The
government will have real-time access to an individual’s bank account and will have the authority to make electronic fund transfers from those accounts.
Page 65/section 164: The plan will be subsidized (by the
government) for all union members, union retirees and for
community organizations (such as the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now – ACORN).
Page 203/line 14-15: The
tax imposed under this section will not be treated as a tax. (How could anybody in their right mind come up with that?)
Page 241 and 253: Doctors will all be paid the same regardless of specialty, and the government will set all doctors’ fees.
Page 272. section 1145: Cancer
hospital will ration
care according to the patient’s age.
Page 317 and 321: The government will impose a prohibition on hospital expansion; however, communities may petition for an exception.
Page 425, line 4-12: The
government mandates advance-care planning consultations. Those on Social Security will be required to attend an “end-of-life planning” seminar every five years. (Death counseling..)
Page 429, line 13-25: The
government will specify
which doctors can write an end-of-life order.
HAD ENOUGH???? Judge Kithil then goes on to identify:
“Finally, it is specifically stated that this bill will not apply to members of Congress.
No wonder they did not see the need to read it….doesn’t apply to them!!! THE
AMERICAN PEOPLE NEED TO STAND UP TO WASHINGTON
…..
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