NYS Health Foundation President Calls For Proper Veteran Care
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is again under fire for the dangerously long waiting lists for appointments at the nation’s VA health care facilities, and for calculating those wait times in a way that masks the true extent of the problem.
Veterans are waiting weeks and even months to get routine care, according to another damning report by the Government Accountability Office. Congress is again holding hearings on the matter. This routine is too familiar. Clearly, changes need to be made at the VA to ensure that all of our veterans have access to the care and services they need and deserve.
The VA system is a vital source of care for our nation’s veterans and needs to be preserved and further strengthened. It performs at least as well as and usually better than private hospitals on key quality measures related to screening, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care...