Rear Admiral Ronny Jackson is a Throwback to Donald Trump in a World of Bureaucratic Management

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Department of Veterans Affairs, Ronny Jackson

Unified Patriots by Vassar Bushmills

 There are people who can walk into the Veteran’s Administration and fix it with a wrench and pair of pliers. Ronny Jackson is one, but just one, there are many others. They are called medical doctors. And as doctors, just like Donald Trump was in business, they see their world totally in terms of “mission” – to first diagnose, then treat, then heal. Good doctors hire paper-shufflers to do the rest.

My favorite MD, a fellow named House, said that every correct diagnosis begins with a unified theory and that unified theory in medicine is that the patient get the best possible care.

Successful doctors practice this every day, just as successful businessmen do. With this simple rule Donald Trump began a clean-up of Washington, affectionately known as The Swamp, in places where the finest, most accomplished paper-hanging bureaucrats known to Christendom, floundered, many of them brought in from the private sector corporate world[…]

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VA Official Nudged Staff into Attending Psychic Reading Parties.

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Corruption, Department of Veterans Affairs, Scandal, violation of code of ethics

Lucy Filipov, Assistant Director and Gary Hodge, Gary Hodge, Pension Management Center Manager – Dept. of Veteran Affairs, Philadelphia Regional Office.

Senior official, Lucy Filipov, Assistant Director of the scandal-ridden Philadelphia Department of Veterans Affairs went beyond the pale when she “nudged” staff to attend psychic reading parties procuring the services of colleague Gary Hodge, Manager of the Pension Management Center’s wife.

Pursuant to an IG report, not only were VA employees expected to attend, they were forced to pay admittance, the fee of which ranged from $15 to $35 for services rendered.

Also in the report are findings that Hodge also a VA employee failed to disclose his wife’s income “on his 2013 and 2014 Confidential Financial Disclosure Reports, Office of Government Ethics (OGE) Forms 450, which he certified as true, complete, and correct.”

Washington Free Beacon by Lachlan Markay

The report focused on a June 6 social gathering at Filipov’s home. She used her official VA email account to organize the event and recruit employees to attend and pay for Hodge’s wife’s services.

‘The employees told us of their reticence [sic] with their paid psychic participation, and said that they generally wanted to participate, but exhibited some reservation,’ the IG reported….

Thursday’s report suggests that Filipov’s inappropriate promotion of a colleague’s wife’s psychic business interests could exacerbate employee mistrust of VA management….

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LINKS:
http://www.va.gov/oig/pubs/VAOIG-14-04494-347.pdf
http://www.benefits.va.gov/philadelphia/leadership.asp
http://freebeacon.com/issues/ig-va-manager-pushed-subordinates-to-attend-psychic-readings/
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/25/philly-va-director-got-288k-relocation-bonus/

VA claims living veteran is dead, sends burial check, cuts benefits

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Department of Veterans Affairs, incompetence

…and a “CCC” for the contemptible treatment of our veterans.

Fox News

WASHINGTON – A North Carolina veteran very much alive is fighting for his life following a clerical error that resulted in his family getting a document from the departments of Veterans Affairs and Defense stating he had died.

The notices, along with the government’s condolences, came with two checks to help pay for burial costs for Robert Pressley — but because the system now says Pressley is deceased, his benefits reportedly have been terminated.

Pressley, who supports a small family and is unable to work…

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LINK:
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/08/va-claims-living-veteran-is-dead-sends-burial-check-cuts-benefits/

Obama Was On Veterans Affairs Committee From 2005-2008, Yet Still Feigns Ignorance Of Problems

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Barack Obama, deception, Department of Veterans Affairs, Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, VA scandal

 

GOP The Daily Dose

Yesterday, Barack Obama appeared to try to shift responsibility for the VA scandal to his predecessors, saying the problems “predated my presidency” and “I only found out from reporters”.

Yes, problems did predate his presidency, but things became exponentially worse while he was in charge. Under him came not just long waits, but clearly a rampant policy of lying and deception concerning those wait times. This involved reports lying to Congress about those times….

Barack Obama was also on the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee from 2005-2008. He’s had almost ten years where he has had a responsibility to address these issues. What was he doing then while our veterans waited?

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LINK:

http://gopthedailydose.com/2014/05/31/obama-veterans-affairs-committee-2005-2008-yet-still-feigns-ignorance-problems/

VA’s IG Report Confirms 1,700 on Secret List

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Department of Veterans Affairs, House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Inspector General, Jeff Miller, VA secret wait list

 

Military.com

Department of Veterans Affairs inspectors say they found an unofficial list of some 1,700 veterans who were waiting to get an appointment with a doctor at the VA Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, where whistleblowers allege up to 40 vets died before seeing a doctor.

VA Acting Inspector General Richard Griffin, in a preliminary report released on Wednesday, offered no indication that any deaths are linked to the secret wait list ….

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As reported by CBS,

… ‘While our work is not complete, we have substantiated that significant delays in access to care negatively impacted the quality of care at this medical facility,’ the report explained….

The IG’s preliminary review found ‘multiple types of scheduling practices that were not in compliance’ with the policies set by the agency. The report cited multiple lists separate from the official electronic waiting list for treatment, saying the additional lists ‘may be the basis for allegations of creating ‘secret’ waiting lists….’

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Inspector General Veterans Health Administration Interim Report 05282014 by dsx_shep

[IG Veterans Health Administration Report dated 05282014 (pdf format)]

The full IG reported is expected to be release in August.

Jeff Miller, Chairman of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs issued a press release today with the following statement.

Today the inspector general confirmed beyond a shadow of a doubt what was becoming more obvious by the day: wait time schemes and data manipulation are systemic throughout VA and are putting veterans at risk in Phoenix and across the country. Right now, there are two things that need to happen. Attorney General Eric Holder should launch a criminal investigation into VA’s widespread scheduling corruption and VA Secretary Eric Shinseki should resign immediately. Shinseki is a good man who has served his country honorably, but he has failed to get VA’s health care system in order despite repeated and frequent warnings from Congress, the Government Accountability Office and the IG. What’s worse, to this day, Shinseki – in both word and deed – appears completely oblivious to the severity of the health care challenges facing the department. VA needs a leader who will take swift and decisive action to discipline employees responsible for mismanagement, negligence and corruption that harms veterans while taking bold steps to replace the department’s culture of complacency with a climate of accountability. Sec. Shinseki has proven time and again he is not that leader. That’s why it’s time for him to go.” Rep. Jeff Miller, Chairman, House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs.

The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs will convene later today.

LINKS:
http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/05/28/vas-ig-report-confirms-1700-on-secret-list.html?ESRC=todayinmil.sm
http://www.scribd.com/doc/226806166/Inspector-General-Veterans-Health-Administration-Interim-Report-05282014
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/report-confirms-significant-delays-in-va-health-care/
http://veterans.house.gov/press-release/miller-statement-regarding-interim-ig-report-on-patient-wait-times

CNN’s John King on VA Scandal: Democrats Privately Call Obama “Detached,” “Flat Footed,” “Incompetent”

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Barack Obama, Department of Veterans Affairs, incompetency, mid-term elections 2014, Progressives, Scandal, Traitor, wait list

 

It is safe to say that Obama’s detachment and incompetence has to do with his desire to destroy all things valued by Americans.  That would include our military, the men and women who served, made the ultimate sacrifice and our veterans.

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