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Mon, 8 Apr 2013 23:18:05 +0000

yea, but people are still dying to get in..... bahahahaa

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VA "GAGS" EMPLOYEES AS CNN WORKS ON MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA STORY -- An internal VA email tells emplo

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:27:42 +0000

Do you think a VA employee would be dumb enough to say anything to CNN?? They've seen what happens to whistle blowers with "protection". Heck, those people are so paranoid, cut a mouse fart in a VA, and everyone jumps.... ; )

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VA "GAGS" EMPLOYEES AS CNN WORKS ON MILITARY SEXUAL TRAUMA STORY -- An internal VA email tells emplo

Sun, 10 Oct 2010 00:47:19 +0000

All that PAO would have had to say is.... "SOP on the phones.... don't answer them... let audex pick up.... and only call back the non-veteran calls... oh... and if anyone talks to CNN, we'll open up a whole can of VA retaliation on your ass"... ; )

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : DAV SAYS "NO" TO PRIVATIZING VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM -- "The realities are that the private sector wou

Wed, 6 Oct 2010 15:43:41 +0000

Maybe he can start his own site.... VA Happycat..... Praising the VA, because somebody has to!....

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : DAV SAYS "NO" TO PRIVATIZING VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM -- "The realities are that the private sector wou

Tue, 5 Oct 2010 16:50:37 +0000

Maybe the people complaining have something to complain about? Most of my care at the VA has been very good. It's just those two incidents of retaliation, mental abuse, failure to investigate, cover-up and denial from the facility to the VISN to the OIG, that stick out in my mind. I'm sure there are millions of Veterans that have nothing but good things to say about the VA, but you and the DAV commander should maybe listen to the thousands that don't. The facilities and employees in the private sector wouldn't even think of doing some the crap I've seen and heard about the VA. Was I ever promised private health care, No, I'm saying the zillions of dollars used for the VA would be better spent in the private sector. I'm glad you're happy with the VA!! It almost makes me want to give you a hug... NOT

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : DAV SAYS "NO" TO PRIVATIZING VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM -- "The realities are that the private sector wou

Mon, 4 Oct 2010 17:26:26 +0000

Turn the building over to the private companies.... No change in what and where.... just the who.... They could keep one VA union guy..... to clean the toilets..... ; )

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : DAV SAYS "NO" TO PRIVATIZING VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM -- "The realities are that the private sector wou

Mon, 4 Oct 2010 14:39:47 +0000

Hmmm?? I don't know.... I think if you kicked the VA out of the current facilities (along with the union), and gave the same amount of money to a private companies, you would have better service and Veterans would be treated like a valuable customer/patient rather than a number. Break up the VA dictating monopoly... The tea party (good or bad) are just a bunch of republicans in sheep's clothing.... ; )

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : DISABLED VETERAN CLAIMS HIRING DISCRIMINATION AT BAY PINES VA -- The VA had paid more than $65,000 t

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 18:24:24 +0000

Yea....There's a million of these stories out there.... So, I won't bother telling mine.... As unfair as it seems, they've got every little trick, legal under Federal Law. No matter which way you spin the scenario, they've got their ass covered. As long as the Director keeps it at about 30% (national average) Veterans employed, no one says a word. My big question is, are they counting Constructive Work Program Vets in their numbers (I'm sure they are)?? I was told union agreement this, union agreement that..... They write their own laws and they enforce their own laws.... I don't know how many times I was told; you need to start at the bottom.... Housekeeping or Dietary. So much for that college degree... Unless they screw a current VA employee (where the union will step in) there's nothing you can do. But they shouldn't make that Veteran Preference thing out to be something it's not.... Because that and a buck will only get you a coffee at McD's..... and some McD's give a 10% Veterans discount, so you could get change back?? ; )

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VAOIG UNCOVERS MORE CORRUPTION AT VA\'S CENTRAL OFFICE -- IG substantiated that a top VA official en

Tue, 28 Sep 2010 00:08:39 +0000

I didn't think anyone on here had a sense of humer... Maybe I'm not funny... ; (

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VAOIG UNCOVERS MORE CORRUPTION AT VA\'S CENTRAL OFFICE -- IG substantiated that a top VA official en

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 23:16:25 +0000

That's silly..... It's against VA policy for females to have a prostate. Unless she claims "don't ask don't tell" ?? ; ) and even then it would be ruled non service connected because she wasn't authorized to have it when she entered the service...... You guys need to stay on task here!!

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VA EMPLOYEE HOARDED STACKS OF PATIENT-RELATED INFO AT HOME -- A VA employee has been hoarding patien

Sat, 25 Sep 2010 22:01:33 +0000

The VA picks and chooses what is private and it changes when every they want it to change.... __Look and the number of HIPAA violations... the VA is so far ahead of the rest of the world.....__It's kind of crazy.... because you about have to give a DNA sample just to look at your own records....__They have a program the redactes thier OIG reports.... __why couldn't the Doctors use it to redact patient personnal info?? before they save the little part they need

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VAOIG UNCOVERS MORE CORRUPTION AT VA\'S CENTRAL OFFICE -- IG substantiated that a top VA official en

Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:58:52 +0000

You are all correct... They couldn't make the OIG big enough to follow up on all the corruption just like this. Why would anyone below this level think it is wrong when they see the top dogs do it? It will continue because there is no consequences. It's what happens when you give someone a job that the Federal Government will stand in their place in a civil law suit and not loss their job no matter what the government pays out. Why would they care if they break a few VA Policies? The only reason this came to light is because the Federal Union got involved. If this was a Veteran Patient in a similar situation, you wouldn't see the OIG.. What happened to the executives a Bay Pines? Found guilty in court, but still maintained they did nothing wrong. VA: "Oh, OK well, here's the same position in the other part of the country. They wont know you there". Like the mafia? It is the mafia.

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : SHOWDOWN: SENATORS TO LOOK AT NEW AGENT ORANGE PRESUMPTIVES AND THE COST -- The Senate Committee on

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:52:34 +0000

Wait till they're all dead and dedicate another freaken memorial... that'll clear conscience. What's in store for the Gulf Vets??

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VA OFFICIAL CALLED OUT ON $74,000 IN BENEFITS -- The VA\'s VISN 4 director intervened and pressured

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 21:13:10 +0000

I don't think the was a scandal, it was the well to do looking out for their own...... The young pharmacist, it would seem is Friends of the family..... and daddy call his friend Mr. Moreland because his little daughter had used up her deferment time on her student loans and would have to start paying in. What I wonder is; does Mr. Moreland make calls for Veterans when they run into the same trouble with GI bill and SLRP. Not.... Mr. Moreland is a VISN Director and VISN Directors wouldn't know the name of a Veteran ran over by a GSA van driven by the Facility Police Chief. He'd just make sure the facility dug up some dirt on the Veteran so it looked like it was his fault.... ; )

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VA AND NIH TO SPEND $6 MILLION ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE RESEARCH -- "These research projects will give us

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:18:35 +0000

The VA's idea of treatment is to make it as hard as possible to be treated and once you're in, you had better act like a redheaded stepchild or you'll be out on the street faster than you can say "can I see a Patient Advocate?". If you are running a Mental Health Facility ,wouldn't you think most of the patients might just have a social or psychological problem or two. That's OK with the VA if you do.... Just don't plan on the problem being tolerated in the VHA..... They've got policies that don't allow that type of behavior!!

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VA OFFICIAL CALLED OUT ON $74,000 IN BENEFITS -- The VA\'s VISN 4 director intervened and pressured

Tue, 21 Sep 2010 16:16:11 +0000

Welcome to the VA system Ms. Sartore. I wish the VISN 23 Director would take up my case.... But it just one of those everyday retaliation, discrimination and refusal of benefits to a Veteran type things.. I would hate to see a young pharmacist (with VA pay and benefits) have to put up with the same problems I had with VA payments in college. Maybe you could get Mrs. Moreland to sponsor you. She could get her husband to divert some of the (no oversight) stimulus money your way. It's just money, if you don't spend it, one of his other friends will. I'd rather see the money go to a rich sorority girl than a deserving Veteran. ; )

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : PHONY GENERAL OUSTED AS VOLUNTEER AT VA HOSPITAL -- The decision to terminate his services was based

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 01:28:19 +0000

What? You've got VA Directors and VISN's impersonating someone that is supposed to insure VA policies are adhered to at least he's not depriving Vets of benefits and service.........

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VAOIG: MISMANAGEMENT PLAGUES VA\'S FLITE COMPUTER PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT -- FLITE program managers did

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 17:25:11 +0000

Give the VA is a little behind on the paperless thing, wouldn't their be all kinds of software products out there already built? How did the military do it? I can see all my records on line, from my first enlistment to my last discharge. Maybe the feds could do some sort of exchange of information? The VA is so old school, I don't think they want to change.... Take away some of their Blackberries... They don't take calls or emails from Veterans anyways....

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VA\'s MY HEALTHeVET: A RUSE BY ANY OTHER NAME ... -- Veterans\' Advocate Jim Strickland looks at the

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 14:51:54 +0000

I think this is the OIG report you talking about: http://www4.va.gov/oig/54/reports/VAOIG-09-03245-...

VA Watchdog dot Org -- Home Page - Keeping an eye on the VA because somebody has to! : VA\'s MY HEALTHeVET: A RUSE BY ANY OTHER NAME ... -- Veterans\' Advocate Jim Strickland looks at the

Thu, 9 Sep 2010 00:04:25 +0000

I'm sure there are tons of Vets out there thinking... Wow, all I have to do is input all this stuff... and I'll have all the cool bells and whistles the VA has been talking about all these years... NOT!! The VA should be sued for false advertisement. The "blue button" should say don't waste your time inputting this stuff because the health care providers and caregivers are just going to ask you the same questions again, or ask you to sign a release of information for your records for the VA.... I could build something to input data and print it out...... But it wouldn't cost millions of dollars... The problem is .... whoever you give it to will have to input it anyways.... I think at the end of inputting all that info.... a blue screen should come up that says "SUCKER!!!" you don't get Pooh!!