The only parts of the government that refuse to spend money are the ones that deal with things that Obama Inc. doesn’t like.
Like taking care of wounded veterans. The VA managed to blow $500 millionon office furniture while denying life-saving tests.
Dr. Richard Krugman, former associate chief of staff at the Veterans Affairs health care system based in Harlingen, Texas, said his boss implemented a policy in 2010 that colonoscopies would only be approved if the patient tested positive in three successive screenings for bloody stools.
“That was done because of dollars and cents. For the VA, they have to be bleeding out of their rectum before they would authorize a colonoscopy. That was the standard of care,” he said.
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3 comments:
This is criminal..
Time for the FREE MARKET to work, and send them to any Hospital with their Military ID...
"...said his boss implemented a policy in 2010 that colonoscopies would only be approved if the patient tested positive in three successive screenings for bloody stools."
These are the CDC's guidelines, too.
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