The Veteran’s Affairs scandal sure has been forgotten fast hasn’t it?
Vet Douglas Chase died of brain cancer in 2012…and he just received a letter granting him with a doctors appointment through the VA.
The Department of Veteran Affairs is apologizing for finally responding to a hospital appointment request letter, two years too late.
Suzanne Chase of Acton, Massachusetts, has been working to put the pain of losing her husband, Douglas Chase, to brain cancer, almost two years ago.
In 2012, a year after her husband’s diagnosis, Chase attempted to move his care in Boston to a nearby veteran’s hospital in Bedford. She said they waited for four months with no reply but Doug died in August 2012.
Just two weeks ago, Chase received a letter from the VA finally responding to her appointment request.
“The letter invited him to make an appointment with primary care at the VA, if he so desired. Then at the bottom they said they wanted a quick response,” Chase told ABC’s Boston affiliate WCVB.
The VA letter concluded, “We are committed to providing primary care in a timely manner and would greatly appreciate a prompt response.”
“I was absolutely stunned, to say the least. Really? Seriously? They are sending me a letter now? I don’t have words to describe it,” said Chase.
As if adding salt to the wound, her Vietnam veteran husband was denied veterans funeral benefits because he was never actually treated at a veterans’ hospital.
“I feel like our vets should be our number one priority. I am concerned that a healthy veteran with a medical condition will have to wait until it becomes a catastrophic condition. This isn’t fair for people who serve our country,” said Chase.
“We regret any distress our actions have caused to the Veteran’s widow and family. At the Department of Veterans Affairs our most important mission is to provide the high quality health care and benefits Veterans have earned and deserve – where and when they need it,” a VA spokesperson told ABC News.
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Least we forget, Obama just made another statement to the press, “do they want politics or solutions?” This fellow is only one of many veterans who have died or grown more ill under Obama’s watch. He promised (2008) that he knew what was wrong with the VA and promised he would fix it. He picked his own administrator. He’s had 5 1/2 years to do it and . . . How many campaign fundraisers has he attended? 393 AND he still has to complete his second term. Bush attended 216 in two full terms. Hmm. Who is more interested in politics than solutions? http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/07/13/woodward_democrats_tell_me_obama_is_disengaged_from_so_many_issues.html Please write the White House ask Obama to focus more on the solutions. http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/submit-questions-and-comments Thanks.
that is how they should make politicians get their doctors appointments two years later than what they actually get… that includes obama and his family members…..
Very sad, Vets deserve better!
DID THEY SEND THE VA A DEATH CERTIFICATE , AND IF NOT HOW WERE THEY SUPPOSE TO KNOW HE WAS DEAD
That’s obamacare for you
how very tipical,hope his family sues the hell out of the va for mali pratice
can,t fix it till Obama is gone
This occurs in hospitals, not just veteran hospitals across America especially when government healthcare is involved. If your not rich, your screwed! It’s not about people anymore it’s about money. Expect worse now that government is in that insurance provides everyones healthcare now! Naturally it is intent of government to get our vets on that same hc plan everyone is on and eventually they will be fazed in. You ain’t seen Bad, yet!
major lawsuit, the family shouldn’t even need to hire an attorney, they submit claim and 5 million dollars should go to them immediately
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