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Tuesday, October 07, 2014

VA Fires Four Senior Executives in Response to Major Scandal

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Veterans Affairs Department said it is firing four senior executives as officials move to crack down on wrongdoing following a nationwide scandal over long wait times for veterans seeking medical care, and falsified records covering up the delays.

The dismissals are the first since Congress passed a law this summer making it easier for veterans who experience delays to get care outside VA’s nationwide network of hospitals and clinics. The law also made it easier for the agency to fire senior officials suspected of wrongdoing, shortening their appeals process to 28 days.

Among those being fired were a top purchasing official at the Veterans Health Administration, directors of VA hospitals in Pittsburgh and Dublin, Georgia, and a regional hospital director in central Alabama, the VA said.

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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousOctober 7, 2014 at 4:38 PM

    Four down - a bunch more to go...

    Did they make it easier to fire at other agencies or is this a special case that will sunset after a few years so they can go back to their old ways?????

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  2. AnonymousOctober 7, 2014 at 5:15 PM

    Think about this - the pattern repeated itself across the country. And those who implemented it received performance bonuses.

    The fake waiting lists were built by design from way up top.

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