Tag Archives: News from vA

HERE WE GO AGAIN

Posted on January 15, 2013 by asknod

Great. Buffalo’s VAMC is in the news again. This time they are attempting a redux of the venerable jetgun using one-patient insulin pens again and again on multiple patients. Their feeble plaint? “We changed the needles before reusing the pens”. … Continue reading →

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MUSICAL CHAIRS AT VA HR OFFICE

Posted on January 9, 2013 by asknod

Gee. I remember this. In the Air Force when you were the poor O-2 wearing the slats and screwed up, off to Thule AFB, Greenland it was. They must have had a lot of openings up there in Air Force Purgatory  … Continue reading →

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vA–WHERE TO START IN THE PAPER JUNGLE?

Posted on December 12, 2012 by asknod

Here is a sobering assessment of where we’re headed- and where we’re not so headed-soon. As we all know, soon is also a vA euphemism for whatever “is” is at the time. “Sooner or later” actually was discovered to have been coined … Continue reading →

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By the numbers: NCVAS

Posted on November 17, 2012 by joeaveragevet

Where does all the VA’s money go?  The VA likes to tell the public it goes “for Veterans” but does it really? The VA loves to keep “its numbers” under wraps.   I don’t think they like to answer “hard … Continue reading →

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FAST LETTER 09-52

Posted on November 2, 2012 by asknod

Some of you are soon going to run afoul of the strictures of classified operations as I did after the war. This precluded my filing for legitimate injuries in a timely manner. As we used to say “If I tell … Continue reading →

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FACEBOOK FROM PATRICIA

Posted on November 1, 2012 by asknod

HCVETS Founder Patricia Lupole posted this on my facebook page today.  This is sadly all too true day in and day out. That’s a lot of troops and former ones. Every day. You would think vA might get apoplectic over … Continue reading →

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VA–HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.

Posted on October 28, 2012 by asknod

I often wondered about this. Considering this site is not exactly pro-vA on any given  decade, I wondered if the day would come when I found them camped out on the country road in and out of my neighborhood snapping … Continue reading →

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CONGRESS WANTS vA CHIEF OF STAFF OUT NOW

Posted on October 22, 2012 by asknod

I guess it wasn’t a secret but Shawn sent me this. Heap big trouble for Chief. Congress on warpath. Circle the Teepees. Hide the squaws. vA’s troubles are not going to abate. Much like the cowboy who shoots himself in … Continue reading →

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vAOIT–MONEY TO BURN-BUT NOT FOR VETS

Posted on October 14, 2012 by asknod

This will make you wonder about why it takes so long and so many of us get the lowball. vA needs your money for everything BUT Vets. Sorry Virginia, but Santa won’t be here under the overpass this Christmas. He … Continue reading →

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VA MEDICAL MALPRACTICE IN KENTUCKY

Posted on October 8, 2012 by asknod

This will go down in Federal Tort Claims Act(FTCA) lore as one of the most horrendous of VA’s legendary medical malpractice suits. Vets can commiserate with Mike Nash. Around the hallowed halls of the Davy Crockett VAMC, this one will … Continue reading →

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