“Fact and Fiction: Getting to the Bottom of the VA Budget Shortfall”

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ธ.ค. 2024

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  • @dueth2508
    @dueth2508 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Dueth: Is my healthcare and benefits dependent on my injuries sustained while serving my country, or on my ability to navigate your convoluted administrative process? It’s the second one. Disgusted.
    Dueth: Veterans are being discarded and abused while top brass at the VA awards themselves multimillion-dollar bonuses-against their own policies.
    Dueth: My healthcare has been denied for the past 2.5 years because of "costs."
    Dueth: Mefloquine toxicity is a suicide pill, and the VA is STILL denying care for vets suffering from it.
    Dueth: What do your performance targets have to do with injuries? You predict health emergencies or cancer based on budgets, not needs. Benefits are denied because of costs, not health.
    Dueth: Health outcomes at the VHA are terrible.
    Dueth: Notice how discussions focus only on wait times, not on actual health outcomes.
    Dueth: Surveys are only given to vets with yearly appointments-those who go once a year.
    Dueth: Community care is denied to us, forcing us to rely on the VHA.
    Dueth: The more money spent on staff and facilities, the less goes to actual veterans. Benefits are being redirected to pay for administration.
    Dueth: So vets dying isn't enough to destroy the VA’s credibility?
    Dueth: Half the budget goes to staff and facilities, yet vets are treated poorly and must fight tooth and nail for benefits.
    Dueth: "Storytelling with data" translates to lies.
    Dueth: Mefloquine toxicity cases have dropped because they stopped handing it out after 2006. Fewer vets exposed means fewer suicides.
    Dueth: Not another dollar for staff or facilities.
    Dueth: It's your job to question these systems.
    Dueth: Imagine the doctors, nurses, and admin this system hires-mediocrity all the way down.
    Dueth: My community care is repeatedly denied due to budgets, not health.
    Dueth: The VA uses a "Whack-a-Mole" approach to problem-solving.
    Dueth: You don’t need more staff-you need competence.
    Dueth: We aren’t given a choice in our care.
    Dueth: Outreach? Not one person contacted me from 2007 to 2022. When I sought help in 2022, it’s been a nightmare ever since.
    Dueth: The VA gave themselves $9 million in fraudulent bonuses two years in a row.
    Dueth: The effective date of benefits should be when the injury occurred.
    Dueth: Stop focusing on delays and start focusing on health outcomes. Appointments don’t guarantee actual medical care.
    Dueth: My claim took 167 days to complete, even though I was at risk of homelessness within 30 days.
    Dueth: Outreach and hearings are theater. Real action doesn’t happen. I was told to take my issues to "60 Minutes" before getting help.
    Dueth: Turn the VHA into an insurance company and replace 90% of VBA with AI.
    Dueth: The VA makes the process as hard as possible to save money, and it’s not acceptable.
    Dueth: My sons will never serve this country-not after what I’ve experienced.
    Dueth: Since asking for help in 2022, my life has been destroyed by the VA. As a Marine Infantry combat vet, I am disgusted by all of you.
    Dueth: The 988 suicide line suggested assisted suicide as a "solution" to my issues. This is beyond unacceptable.
    Dueth: Mefloquine toxicity caused the suicide crisis, and the VA still denies this. Look it up.
    Dueth: SGB worked for me in the past, but now it’s denied because it’s still in trials. The system fights against effective treatments.
    Dueth: ChatGPT provides better medical advice than the VA. I’ve had to rely on it because the VA denies me competent care.
    Dueth: They push drugs as the first solution. When I walked in, the first question was, "Want some muscle relaxers?" I had to insist they hear my issues first.

  • @johnphillips5959
    @johnphillips5959 12 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Van Orden tore that ass up

  • @bridgetlattanzi1872
    @bridgetlattanzi1872 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Community Care is the reason

  • @JesusUCSB
    @JesusUCSB 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Go VA!!!