After Lying Congress, VA Caught Hiding Truth From American Legion
A report late last week said the Department of Veterans Affairs purposefully withheld information from the country’s largest veterans’ group about how many veterans were still waiting for a decision about their eligibility for VA health care.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the American Legion — which has 2.4 million members — asked the VA’s national Health Eligibility Center in 2013 how many veterans were waiting on the VA for an eligibility decision. But in response, deputy chief business officer Lynne Harbin prepared slides that purposefully did not answer the question.
In an email to staff obtained by the paper, Harbin wrote, “I don’t think I want to go into the total number of pending records and will try to skirt the issue, should they try to raise it.”
When that email was read by the Journal-Constitution to Roscoe Butler, an official with the American Legion, Butler replied, “wow.”
Earlier this year, VA officials were caught lying to members of Congress, which made some worry that if the VA will lie to Congress, they will lie to just about anybody.
By Pete Kasperowics, Oct. 20. 2014, Theblaze.com
A report late last week said the Department of Veterans Affairs purposefully withheld information from the country’s largest veterans’ group about how many veterans were still waiting for a decision about their eligibility for VA health care.
According to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the American Legion — which has 2.4 million members — asked the VA’s national Health Eligibility Center in 2013 how many veterans were waiting on the VA for an eligibility decision. But in response, deputy chief business officer Lynne Harbin prepared slides that purposefully did not answer the question.
In an email to staff obtained by the paper, Harbin wrote, “I don’t think I want to go into the total number of pending records and will try to skirt the issue, should they try to raise it.”
When that email was read by the Journal-Constitution to Roscoe Butler, an official with the American Legion, Butler replied, “wow.”
Earlier this year, VA officials were caught lying to members of Congress, which made some worry that if the VA will lie to Congress, they will lie to just about anybody.
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