307,000 vets died awaiting VA care, report says

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Report released Wednesday reveals web of complications with VA's management

307,000 vets died awaiting VA care, report says
UPDATED 10:20 PM EDT Sep 02, 2015

(CNN) —Hundreds of thousands of veterans listed in the Department of Veterans Affairs enrollment system died before their applications for care were processed, according to a report issued Wednesday.

The VA's inspector general found that out of about 800,000 records stalled in the agency's system for managing health care enrollment, there were more than 307,000 records that belonged to veterans who had died months or years in the past.

In a response to the House Committee on Veterans Affairs' request to investigate a whistleblower's allegations of mismanagement at the VA's Health Eligibility Center, the inspector general also found VA staffers incorrectly marked unprocessed applications and may have deleted 10,000 or more records in the last five years.

In one case, a veteran who applied for VA care in 1998 was placed in "pending" status for 14 years. Another veteran who passed away in 1988 was found to have an unprocessed record lingering in 2014, the investigation found.

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The care veterans receive from the VA (in Boston) is superb - we have the best Spinal Care Unit in the entire VA system.

NOTE TO REPUBLICANS: Fuck with the VA any more and you will need a draft to get your cannon fodder brigades together for the next few wars. Actually, just fix the fucking system and take care of the soldiers you have maimed.