VA Wait Times Still an Issue: Houston Branch Lied About Vets Canceling Appointments

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P J Media: VA Wait Times Still an Issue: Houston Branch Lied About Vets Canceling Appointments

 

BY TYLER O'NEIL JUNE 21, 2016

 

Contrary to popular belief, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is not getting better. An Inspector General (IG) report released Monday revealed excessive abuse in Houston, Texas. The report found that leadership at the VA medical center instructed staff to cancel veterans' appointments and record those cancellations as requested by the veteran. It also found that records understated many wait times, revealing systemic incompetence in the organization.

 

"Getting an appointment at the VA is much like the lottery -- maybe you get lucky, maybe you don't," Cody McGregor, national outreach director at Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) and a retired Army sniper who lives in Houston, told PJ Media in an interview Tuesday. He denounced VA staff as "manipulating the lives of people who have sacrificed everything."

 

 

All I’ll say I never had any problems with wait time for appointments or any kind of problems at this facility just saying.