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.
Source: SOURCE NAME
Photo: abcnews.go.com
I just made an obamacare appointment for a hip replacement exam when I reach 70 years old. I hope I made it early enough I am 14 next month….
Now that’s really white of them !!!
A tad late I’d say.
disgraceful
SAD VERY SAD,YOU CAN DIE FOR OUR COUNTRY BUT CAN’T GET MEDICAL HELP IF YOUR HURT OR DIEING.GREAT GOVERNMENT.
My husband died of brain cancer… Maybe these people who hold our lives in their hands need to see a loved die like this… It’s something you won’t ever forget
Someone has to pay for this tragedy
Obvama is sitting there saying one less I have to be afraid of.
He’ll probably get a letter stating that he missed his appointment too. The DUMB-ASS-CRAT/LIBERAT government does not care about the people. They’re only interested in their wallets.
2008, filed claim concerning my loss of hearing due in part of my service, training and being in Viet-Nam. 2014 answer from VA, sorry you were born that way !