Where does the VA’s money go?
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The Department of Veterans Affairs has a history of mismanagement and wasted resources, but Congress is attempting to address the root of the problem with the VA Accountability First Act of 2017. Since 2009, the Department of Veterans Affairs’ budget has grown by nearly 86 percent. That is significant growth, especially considering the VA’s 2017 budget... Read more »
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Veterans Deserve Better Care
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Our nation’s veterans put their lives on the line to defend our country and freedoms. When they return home, many need medical treatment and services. But the quality of care they receive is often less than they deserve due to bad, poorly-performing, or even criminal employees within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). With the VA... Read more »
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House VA Committee holds hearing on drug theft
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Yesterday the House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations held a hearing on the increase in drug theft and use at VA facilities. Both the VA’s inspector general (OIG) and Government Accountability Office (GAO) have raised concerns about VA’s lack of oversight on opioids and the susceptibility of mail-order prescriptions to theft. The hearings’... Read more »
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VA Secretary calls for ‘redesigned’ Choice Program and better access to care
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This past weekend, new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin outlined his top priorities for the embattled VA. Secretary Shulkin addressed Disabled American Veterans’ annual conference on Sunday, where he discussed the top 10 priorities he has for the VA during his tenure as secretary. These priorities include more accountability measures for employees,... Read more »
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#VAFail – VA Allegedly About to Toss Over 500,000 Benefit Applications Because of Internal Errors
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A VA whistleblower has written a letter to President Trump detailing the potential trashing of over 500,000 veterans’ benefits applications. In 2014, Scott Davis, an employee at the VA’s national enrollment office in Atlanta, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution about the enrollment office’s mismanagement and possible fraud concerning 889,000 healthcare applications. He even testified before Congress... Read more »
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Secretary Shulkin hints at health care choice for veterans
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In an interview series with Fox and Friends this week, Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin discussed his plans for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) – how best to care for vets, how to reform a broken VA system, and how to ultimately keep the promises made to veterans. Dr. Shulkin said that if Congress... Read more »
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#VAFail – VA facilities are seeing a “sharp increase” in missing and stolen drugs
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A new report from the Associated Press (AP) has found that Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) facilities nationwide are seeing a “sharp increase in opioid theft, missing prescriptions or unauthorized drug use by VA employees.” The report also states that drug tracking and oversight at the VA are far less stringent than they should be.... Read more »
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In FL, Wasteful Spending Cuts Move Through Appropriations Committee
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Yesterday the Florida House of Representatives Appropriations Committee passed legislation ending many corporate welfare programs, sending the bill for a full vote on the House floor next week. Notably, the bill (PCB CCS 17-01) eliminates Enterprise Florida’s public-private partnership. The agency hands out taxpayer funds to a few, large companies at the expense of many hardworking... Read more »
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#VAFail – Improper payments of burial benefits go to veterans who are still living
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The Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report last week finding that during a six-month period, the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) improperly authorized 28% of its automated payments. These improper payments “included payments to spouses who were no on veterans’ records at the date of death or who were deceased, multiple payments,... Read more »
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#VAFail – GAO Finds VA Employees Spent Millions of Hours on Union Work Instead of Actual Jobs
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If you showed up to work and spent all your time doing something other than your daily duties, you’d expect to get fired, right? Not at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). A new report from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) reveals that employees at the VA have spent more than a million hours on... Read more »
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