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Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Nothing Stopped VA's Fat Bonuses, Not Even Dead Vets, Dirty Hospitals

Generous bonuses continued flowing to top officials at the Department of Veterans' Affairs health network last year, despite a string of patient deaths and reports of mismanagement, unsanitary conditions and unprofessional practices.

Documents obtained by the Washington Examiner show six top administrators of the Veterans Health Administration received performance bonuses in excess of $16,000 last year.

In all, the top VA executives and medical professionals received more than $3.3 million in bonuses that are supposed to reward exceptional work. The figure does not include rank-and-file employees or other financial incentives not tied to job performance.

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1 comment:

Anonymous said...

In case you were not aware of it, many of the meds prescribed by the VA cost less over the counter than the co-pay required by VA. Of course, that's how all the drug plans work.