While our veterans are literally dying in hospitals within long wait lists – Veterans Administration hospitals have spent around $420 million on solar panels and windmills.
Because it’s important that our veterans DIE so the hospitals can be ‘ecological’…right?
Government agencies have to spend the money they get or they won’t have justification to receive the same, or more, the following year. And, because this government DOESN’T GIVE A DAMN about our vets to spend the money on actual care, they spend the money on something ‘the masses can agree on’ just to spend the money.
In total, VA hospitals reported 23 deaths due to 76 instances of delayed care, an April 2014 VA fact sheet said. Then on June 5, Acting Veteran Affairs Secretary Sloan Gibsonrevealed that at least 18 Phoenix patients died while waiting for treatment on a secret list kept off the books. It is not clear if that number is in addition to the 23 deaths reported earlier. During the past month, the scandal has resulted in the resignations of both the VA secretary and the leaders of its health care component.
According to a June 3 audit, 100,000 veterans had lengthy wait times for appointments. Of the nation’s 216 VA hospitals, 37 percent will require further investigation.
A whistleblower revealed Tuesday that seven of the patients listed on the Phoenix VA hospitals waiting list are already dead. That same Phoenix facility spent $20 million to build the nation’s largest solar carport. Phase one of the project was completed in 2011. The hospital also had an $11.4 million shortfall that year, an Inspector General’s report stated.
Also in 2011, only 49 percent of first-time patients nationwide got a full mental health evaluation within the VA’s own goal of within 14 days after initial contact, the IG’s report said.
The Phoenix hospital is not the only VA hospital to have installed solar panels while hiding long wait times. Millions in stimulus funds were used to install panels on two facilities, one Albuquerque, N.M., and another in nearby Tucson, Ariz.. With the latter, the VA spent $14.7 million between 2010 and 2012 to install solar panels on the roof of its medical center. The contract was awarded to REC Solar, the sixth-largest recipient of stimulus funds from the VA.
During the time of the solar project, one patient at the Tucson, Ariz., hospital died of colon cancer after not getting a routine colonoscopy. That death was revealed in a fact sheet the VA released in early April after an internal investigation.
ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. our heroes are dying but have no fear solar panels will be in place. The hapless/useless/witless congress stands by and watches this happen. 10 million person peaceful march on Washington.
ok it is time to stand up for the vets they stood up for us . time to impeach that man in the white house and get these guy the help they need ,and take our Great America back to boot
WE CAN AFFORD BOTH…ISN’T OBAMA SHOWIN THIS BY SENDIN THEM MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO OUR ENEMY AND BILLIONS OF DOLLARS OF OUR MILITARY HARDWARE?
Might want to ask harry Reid if its his buddies in japan that sold the va , the solar panels??
Horse chit
OCCUPY WASHINGTON! 🙂 (or at least the VA! 🙂 )
They would not be going threw this problem if he had a president that is giving our money to illegals ,we need to stop talking about things needs to be done and start doing it ,if we have to we will need to start taking the laws in our own hands
This total DEBAUCHERY, stems from THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION!
Three things need to be done to solve that problem: 1) TERMINATE THE EMPLOYMENT OF EVERYBODY IN THE VA ADMINISTRATION WHERE THE FEDERAL MONEY COMES IN.
2) Over seers, monitors, need to be hired to hold the accountability of making sure the funds are going FIRST TO THE VETERANS.
3) No rewards are to be given until this problem is completely solved!!!!!!!
solar and obama
HORIBLE GOVT WE HAVE GOD BLESS OUR VETS LOVE YOU