GAO report

[jeezeweeze]

-The VA must make better use of technology as a way to reduce its overwhelming delay of 177 days, on average, in handing out disability payments.

The commission report comes after the Government Accountability Office last week found that the Bush administration has yet to find clear answers to some of the worst problems afflicting wounded warriors, such as personalized medical care and reducing backlogs in disability pay.

Former VA Secretary Jim Nicholson, who stepped down this week, has said his successor will have to be creative in solving intractable delays in payments and improving coordination in care between the Pentagon and VA. Gordon Mansfield, the VA's deputy secretary, is serving as acting secretary pending a nomination of a successor by President Bush.

"VA appreciates the efforts of the recent commissions created to find ways to improve the disability benefits process for eligible veterans," VA spokesman Matt Smith said in response to the report. "Our goal is to help our disabled veterans become whole and continue their lives by providing them with health care, rehabilitation, as well as disability, education, and home loan benefits."



Immediate Pay Hike Urged for Disabled Vets


GOD BLESS OUR VETS ! the fight continues when they get home. (sigh)

[Army_of_One]

It's the gov't...what do you expect? Almost everything the gov't is involved in has delays, inefficiencies and cost overruns....and lets see....YOU want GOV't Ran healthcare...HAHAHAHA.....good luck with that mess!

I don't think our VA was prepared for all the troops they have to handle now and are trying to catch up. There has always been problems with the VA because they aren't staffed and funded as they should be...which is a shame. BUT at least we have plenty of WELFARE money to go to f**Kers that have never worked a day in their life and plenty of free lunches (and breakfast if you are in Dodge City) for people that drive $50,000 SUV's...steal identities and are here illegally...but our soldiers that have fought have to wait.....hell yeah...where the hell are our priorities???

[wordsmythe]

Originally Posted by Army_of_One

It's the gov't...what do you expect? Almost everything the gov't is involved in has delays, inefficiencies and cost overruns....and lets see....YOU want GOV't Ran healthcare...HAHAHAHA.....good luck with that mess!

Typical Republican response...

The government is broken, it doesn't work. That's because the Republicans won't let it work. If it worked then people wouldn't be so easily led into believing that everythign needs to be owned by big business.

The future is with the Proles.

[Highwayman]

Originally Posted by wordsmythe

Typical Republican response...

The government is broken, it doesn't work. That's because the Republicans won't let it work. If it worked then people wouldn't be so easily led into believing that everythign needs to be owned by big business.

The future is with the Proles.

Spoken like a true Karl Marx socialist.

[aft_lizard01]

Originally Posted by wordsmythe

Typical Republican response...

The government is broken, it doesn't work. That's because the Republicans won't let it work. If it worked then people wouldn't be so easily led into believing that everythign needs to be owned by big business.

The future is with the Proles.

Sigh, when do the gulags start?