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The VA OIG reported in May 2014 that 17 veteran deaths had occurred while waiting for VHA treatment in the Phoenix VA system, and on June 5, 2014, the Acting Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Sloan Gibson, reported that the VA had identified 18 additional deaths. The 18 deaths were among the group of 1700 identified as "at risk of being lost or ...
He was also instrumental in the uncovering of the 2014 Phoenix VA Scandal. On June 11, 2014, the United States Senate changed the name of the bill to the "Veterans' Access to Care through Choice, Accountability, and Transparency Act of 2014" and voted to pass the bill 93–3 in Roll Call Vote 187. [6]
The Veteran Access to Care Act of 2014 is a bill that would allow United States veterans to receive their healthcare from non-VA facilities under certain conditions. [1] [2] The bill is a response to the Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014, in which it was discovered that there was systematic lying about the wait times veterans experienced waiting to be seen by doctors.
The effort to conceal the obvious — that the VA is failing to provide timely care — prevents vets from getting referred to non-VA doctors as required. 8 years after scandal, VA is still ...
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The US wasn’t thoroughly prepared for service members returning from wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, writes former Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin. He says we must see that this does not ...
The Demanding Accountability for Veterans Act of 2013 is a bill that would require the Inspector General (IG) of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to take additional action if the VA has not appropriately responded to an IG report that recommends actions to be taken by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to address a VA public health or safety issue. [1]
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