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As the Department of Veterans Affairs faces an increasing amount of scrutiny over allegations of "secret" waiting lists that left veterans at VA hospitals untreated for months, a new report shows that the VA settled several claims that appear related to treatment delays.
The Dayton Daily News, in a story published Sunday, says its investigation of a database of paid claims shows that since 2001 the words "delay in treatment" were used 167 times. The VA paid out $36.4 million to settle the claims, the Daily News reported.
In one case the newspaper found the Dayton VA paid out $140,000 in 2009 on a 2006 claim described as "Failure/Delay in Admission to Hospital or Institution; Medication Administered via Wrong Route; Failure to Order Appropriate Test."
On Sunday, the deputy director of the VFW Nation Veterans Service told Fox News that there needs to be “swift accountability” regarding reports of treatment delays at veterans’ hospitals across the country.
“The families of these veterans need justice and they need it quickly,” Ryan Gallucci said on “Fox News Sunday.”
Also, the White House chief of staff said that President Barack Obama is "madder than hell" about the reports of treatment delays at veterans' hospitals around the nation.
Denis McDonough told CBS' "Face the Nation" that Obama is demanding that Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki and others in the administration "continue to fix these things until they're functioning the way that our veterans believe they should."
Dayton VA spokesman Ted Froats told the paper he is unaware of any deaths at the Dayton VA Medical Center related to delayed care. But the paper reported that one pending case was filed by a man who says his wife's 2012 death was caused by failure of the VA to diagnose her cervical cancer.
More than 100 payments a year are made on claims that veterans died as a result of VA medical care, the Daily News and WSB-TV in Atlanta reported.
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The problems with the VA, has been going on for years, the worst VA hospital in in Miami, FL, if you don't Spanish you'll never get service. The worst has yet come to light, since any illegal can walk into any hospital for care by the 1000's, where do they go? VA hospitals, by law they can't turn them down, they are swamped by illegals getting or seeking help, the Vets now are backlogged. They say NOTHING about this at all! It burns me to no end that no one even asks that question. They deliver babies, free, no charge, it goes beyond the believe of any one, but as a U.S. Vet you can't say anything or you will lose your VA benefits even when it comes to a Doctor who does not know nothing and is so in confident you just wonder where his got his degree. Low level doctors, who could care less about American Vets. Some are good and the others I would not let them touch my dog. It's a fact, but a Vet can't say anything and have you noticed any Vets speaking up, they are afraid to lose their benefits. Congress sugar coats the real facts, the deaths reported is not realistic at, what about the Vets whom did not even get care, because of prior conditions and exposure to Agent Orange. It took the Navy and the VA 45 years to notify me I was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam, Think about that! The VA and the DOD, covers up more crap then you could even think of when it comes to Vets. The costs are unreal, corruption and greed, and the cover ups are beyond belief and it really worse than even thought. They never talk to Vets, Never!
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