The Veterans Administration is being scrutinized for the way some veterans with physical and mental disorders have been treated. Politicians would never allow themselves to be treated that way. My prayers go for the ones who saw combat — they deserve the very best care. Some people went into the armed forces and served this […]
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More than 57,000 veterans wait more than 90 days for VA appointments
WASHINGTON — More than 57,400 U.S. veterans have been waiting at least 90 days for a first appointment at government hospitals, said a report that broadens the scope of failings in one of the largest federal agencies. An internal review of 731 veterans’ medical facilities released Monday also showed that an additional 63,900 veterans who […]
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J. Turner: VA problem should be investigated
As a veteran, I am having a very difficult time trying to understand why Congressman Michael Michaud, a long-time member of the Committee on Veterans Affairs, has not, before now, shone the light of day on the way the Veterans Administration has treated veterans. The idea that veterans were kept waiting months, and sometimes years, […]
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T. Thomas: Togus providing great care
The Veterans Administration hospital at Togus and the VA office in Rumford have my highest regard. They never postponed an appointment for my husband, a World War II veteran. They showed compassion, real interest and regard for his health and well-being. He spent his last days in the hospice care unit and there are not […]
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Rich Lowry: It’s paradise lost for American veterans
For the left, the Department of Veterans Affairs is how health care is ideally supposed to work. No insurance companies, no private doctors, no competition — just the government and the patient. New York Times columnist Paul Krugman has held up the VA as a model for the entire country. The Washington Monthly ran a […]