At the very least, the exceedingly high number of people on the pending list that have already died indicates a poor bookkeeping. But, add to that the supervisors that made money off of keeping waiting lists a secret so they could get bonuses.
Flip to page 13 and you’ll see some stark numbers. As of April, there were 847,822 veterans listed as pending for enrollment in VA health care. Of those, 238,657 are now deceased, meaning they died after they applied for, but never got, health care.
While the number is large — representing nearly a third of those listed as pending — some of the applicants may have died years ago. The VA has no mechanism to purge the list of dead applicants, and some of those applying, according to VA spokeswoman Walinda West, likely never completed the application, yet remain on the pending list anyway. West said the VA electronic health record system has been in place since 1985, suggesting some of the data may be decades old and some of those people may have gone on to use other insurance.
About 81 percent of veterans who come to the VA “have either Medicare, Medicaid, Tricare or some other private insurance,” said West. “Consequently, some in pending status may have decided to use other options instead of completing their eligibility application.”
But Davis disputed West on every point. For starters, an incomplete application would never be listed as a pending application, he said. Beyond that, the health records system West is referring to is just that: general health records, not pending applications for enrollment in health care. The VA has only required enrollment in health care since 1998, he said, and there was no formal application process before that. Davis provided an internal VA chart that shows backlogged applications only beginning in 1998.
As for some vets having other insurance, Davis said it is “immaterial and a farce” to suggest that means VA shouldn’t be providing vets with the health care they earned.
“VA wants you to believe, by virtue of people being able to get health care elsewhere, it’s not a big deal. But VA is turning away tens of thousands of veterans eligible for health care,” he said. “VA is making it cumbersome, and then saying, ‘See? They didn’t want it anyway.'”
obma wants them all dead
you see , you dont have to worrie about vets , that arnt there,,, you know the history of our country and they dont want that , they want there new world order ,,,, i see no order in it , the world is in more disorder than ever..what do you think?
They do not like the vets because they know how to use guns and wont give them up.
and its very sad to be used that way…but i see the plan now….
Don’t you remember that was completely fixed and apparently fixed wish I could lol
My Father served in the US Navy during Operation Desert Shield/Storm and Operation Eastern Exit. My Fathers doctor was supposed to do testing to see if he had something he called “Persian Gulf War Syndrome” The doctor said he was 99% sure that he had this. My father died waiting on that list and I believe the US government, the US Armed Forces, Congress and family members of the lost military personnel on the long VA waiting list. I believe I deserve to know if my Father’s death had anything to do with the Persian Gulf War Syndrome. My Father was in pain every single day, constantly in pain! I believe my family and other families deserve to know the truth!!!!!!!!!
The State of Illinois and Hines VA hospital refused to give my 92 year old WWII dad his lifesaving meds along with a DNR order against his wishes which resulted in his death on May 29,2015