On Thursday, your VFW will testify before the Senate Veterans Affairs
Committee about ongoing allegations of veterans dying waiting for VA health
care, calling for leadership accountability and proper resources for VA health
care. In advance of the hearing, we need you to email your legislators and tell
them that this is a serious issue that demands serious attention, and not
politics from Congress. If you are in Northern Virginia, Washington, D.C., or
Maryland on Thursday, come to Capitol Hill and join your fellow VFW members in
calling for accountability in the VA health care system.
Since the news broke that as many as 40 veterans waiting for appointments may
have died in the Phoenix VA health care system alone, neither VA nor Congress
has been forthright with the American people about what actually happened in
Phoenix and who is responsible. Moreover, new allegations seem to come out every
day about VA facilities across the country fudging the numbers on appointment
wait times and failing to deliver timely care to veterans.
In an effort to better understand the VA care climate, VFW encouraged members
to call the 1-800-VFW-1899 helpline to share their experiences. Hundreds of
veterans responded, raising concerns at VA facilities coast to coast, most often
reaffirming unreasonable wait times, improper protocols, and inadequate
staffing, and insufficient care delivery.
Contact your legislators today and tell them that veterans deserve better,
and if you are in the Washington, D.C.-area, join us on Thursday on Capitol
Hill.
What: Senate Veterans Affairs Committee Hearing on VA Health
Care
When: Thursday, May 15, 2014, 10:00 a.m. Eastern
Where: Dirksen Senate Office Building, Room 106
The Dirksen Senate Office Building is open to the public, but visitors will
be subject to airport-style security screening to enter the building.
If you cannot join the VFW on Thursday, tune in online via the Senate
Veterans Affairs Committee website by clicking here:
http://www.veterans.senate.gov/hearings/the-state-of-va-health-care-051514
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