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Mitch PerryOctober 20, 2015

In recent weeks, Democrats (and even some opposing Republican presidential candidates) have relished attacking Marco Rubio‘s for missing votes in the Senate as he campaigns for president. But on Tuesday, three members of the Democratic Progressive Caucus were attacking the Florida Senator for a bill that he actually voted on (his first since Sept. 24) – […]

Melissa RossAugust 11, 2015

Rep. Ron DeSantis, a Naval Reserve Officer, has blasted out another email expressing frustration with the Department of Veterans Affairs, responding to reports that the VA has denied 35,093 combat veterans benefits due to an ongoing computer error. “Over 35,000 combat veterans have been stuck in limbo due to a computer glitch that could have easily […]

Christine Jordan SextonMay 13, 2015

Gov. Rick Scott has been on a tear lately, shooting off a series of letters to the feds. In the last two days, the governor sent letters to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald and Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell regarding Florida’s strained relations with the federal government. Scott sent the VA’s McDonald a letter on Wednesday thanking him […]

Guest AuthorJune 16, 2014

The overwhelming majority of veterans are proud to receive medical care through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. And rightfully so. VA hospitals such as the C.W. Bill Young Medical Center and the James A. Haley Veterans’ Hospital are staffed by skilled, caring professionals dedicated each day to helping those who have served our nation […]

Guest AuthorJune 3, 2014

Last week, Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki took the public-relations bullet for President Obama in an attempt to ease the damage of the growing VA scandal. VA officials have routinely hid months-long wait times that veterans faced when seeking care at VA facilities across the nation. Shinseki ended his five-year stint at the VA and […]

Guest AuthorMay 28, 2014

Government bureaucracies are nearly indestructible and immovable. Elected officials are mere gnats that can be swatted away. These dinosaurs don’t care who occupies the corner suite on the top floor either. They don’t care what the people they “serve” think about them. They will outlast everyone. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is the second […]

Bob SparksMay 19, 2014

“I’m as mad as hell and I’m not going to take this anymore.” — Anchorman Howard Beale from the movie “Network” Recently we learned of the scandal over health care involving the Veterans Administration. The story started in Phoenix, but is now spreading to other VA facilities. Last week, Florida joined the story when three […]

Tag: Veteran’s Administration

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Email insights: Ron Desantis says “no accountability” within the VA

Rick Scott puts health care possibilities to HHS chief

David Jolly: ‘Historic’ reforms are needed to fix VA medical-care system

Steve Kurlander: VA’s problems will spread to the entire health-care system

Rick Outzen: ‘Sea change’ may be at hand for massive VA bureaucracy

Bob Sparks: Veterans deserve answers about VA health-care fiasco