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DoD accused of fuzzy math in Iraq and Afghanistan war injury reports
Suzanne Gamboa Associated Press March 31, 2007
“This is a clear pattern by VA and DoD to conceal the escalating human and financial costs of the two wars from Congress, the press and the public,” said Paul Sullivan, veterans advocacy director with Veterans for America.
By the Numbers: The Administration Has Failed Our Heroes
Senator Patty Murray, www.murray.senate.gov March 31, 2007
From Walter Reed and the thousands of VA facilities with sanitary problems, to endless red tape and long waits for medical and mental care, this Administration has failed our heroes. Below are a few numbers on the Administration’s failure to care for those who have sacrificed so much.
Failure to Use DoD Casualty Tracking System Caused Gaps in Soldiers’ Medical Care Steve Robinson, a veterans’ advocate, said virtually all military doctors agreed that the digital system was effective in tracking patients. But he added that he had participated in seven Congressional hearings, most recently last week, that focused on problems with how the defense and veterans departments track medical information. “We don’t really have time to wait for another system to come online when we have one ready now that the D.O.D. approved,” Mr. Robinson said. “The tools are there, but we just keep having meetings about whether to use them.
Ian Urbina and Ron Nixon New York Times March 30, 2007
Patty Murray, No Newcomer to Advocating for Veterans
Lois Romano Washington Post March 29, 2007
Long before the uproar over the long-term medical care of troops returning home from Iraq made it fashionable to advocate for veterans rights, Sen. Patty Murray was on the front lines.
Resolution Would Give VA Record Health Funding Boost
Mary Mosquera Government Health IT March 29, 2007
The Department of Veteran Affairs would receive a record increase of $6.6 billion in health care funding in the fiscal 2008 budget resolution that the House passed today over this year’s level under the continuing resolution.
VA Clinic Surprised to Learn It's a Bad Example
Sam Howe Verhovek Los Angeles Times March 28, 2007
The award-winning center gave the VA a self-assessment, and found itself held up as an example of problems. As the director of the veterans' facility explains it, he was simply complying with a request from national headquarters for a "comprehensive self-report" on any maintenance problems at the World War II-era complex near Medford, Ore.
Veterans Shouldn't Have to Wade Through Tons of Paperwork The recent headlines coming out of Walter Reed Army Medical Center have shocked the conscience of our nation. The health care process failed veterans in every way imaginable, from forcing hospitalized veterans to live in vermin-infested wards to requiring them to fill out reams of paperwork just to be seen by a doctor. I can't suggest much to do about the rats, but I can offer advice for a long-term solution to make the entire military medical experience more streamlined and efficient, avoiding the long delays and the transmissions of inaccurate information, or no information at all, between departments causing vets to receive inadequate care or be denied care completely.
Randy Lipscher Austin American-Statesman March 28, 2007
Audit: Veterans Affairs Wasted Millions on Computer Security Contract Veterans Affairs officials wasted millions on a $100 million computer security contract that became a virtual "open checkbook" because of poor oversight and sloppy management, an internal review says.
Associated Press Fox News March 28, 2007
Problems Cited Between V.A. and Pentagon
Ian Urbina and Ron Nixon New York Times March 27, 2007
The Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense continue to have problems collecting and sharing medical data, hampering treatment for wounded soldiers, lawmakers said at a Congressional hearing today.
Army Officer: Long-Term Morale a Concern
Hope Yen Associated Press March 27, 2007
The Army's new acting surgeon general said Tuesday she is concerned about long-term morale because the military lacks money to hire enough nurses and mental health specialists to treat thousands of troops coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Editorial - Want to thank veterans? Fix the VA If Walter Reed Hospital is the tip of the iceberg, what is at the bottom? In other words, if our most injured warriors-on-terror languish in squalor and bureaucratic morass at the military's flagship hospital, what is happening to veterans of other wars: World War II, Korea, Vietnam, the first Gulf War? What about those who served in peacetime? I'll tell you; I doctor them every day.
Steve Huff Roanoke Times March 26, 2007
Army Deployed Seriously Injured Troops to Iraq War Soldiers on crutches and canes were sent to a main desert camp used for Iraq training. Military experts say the Army was pumping up manpower statistics to show a brigade was battle ready.
Mark Benjamin Salon Magazine March 26, 2007
Homeless Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans
Michelle Miller CBS News March 26, 2007
CBS Evening News reported on March 26, 2007, about Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who are already coping with homelessness.
Veterans' 'psychic wounds' untended, critics say
Dana Hull ContraCosta Times March 23, 2007
"If you think that society has betrayed you, if you don't have a job, if your family has broken up, if you can't get VA health care or benefits, or if you don't have a place to live, then you may get involved in petty crime to make ends meet," said Paul Sullivan, a former VA project manager who testified before Congress this month.
Substandard Conditions at VA Centers Noted
Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post March 22, 2007
A review by the Department of Veterans Affairs of 1,400 hospitals and other veterans care facilities released yesterday has turned up more than 1,000 reports of substandard conditions -- from leaky roofs and peeling paint to bug and bat infestations -- as well as a smaller number of potential threats to patient safety, such as suicide risks in psychiatric wards.
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