Veteran advocates are now demanding Congress and the Department of Veterans Affairs address lingering systemic failures.
PHOENIX — A community at the epicenter of a national scandal involving military veterans is still demanding dramatic reform one decade later.on the 10-year anniversary of the V.A. health care scandal first reported by The Arizona Republic and CNN. In 2014, whistleblowers in Phoenix exposed how the agency’s medical centers manipulated wait time statistics while at least 40 veterans died while waiting for appointments.
A spokesperson for the V.A. said those statistics do not represent the full picture and wait times vary based on location. “If we are going to be willing to send our sons and daughters into war, we need to be willing to mend them the right way when they come home,” Taylor said on Wednesday. The 2018 V.A. Mission Act gave veterans the option to seek care outside of the federal system. The purpose was to give patients choices.“Veterans nationwide are facing massive bureaucratic barriers in accessing community care and are actively being denied information about their benefits,” Pedene said.
Gruner cited surveys showing veterans receiving care in Phoenix reporting satisfactory rates over 90% and said a new initiative, Access Sprints, expands access to care at night and weekend clinics.
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