“Thank God” We Don’t Hire Vets — Manager

[pandm]

Warning. If you want to maintain your blood pressure, skip this. “Thank God” We Don’t Hire Vets — Manager

Fool said whaaat?

C’mon, he didn’t really say that, did he? Luke Rosiak at the Daily Caller:

[A] VA dentistry chief was asked if being a veteran helps someone get a dentist job in the agency. His response was “not really. And thank God,” The Daily Caller News Foundation recently discovered in a court filing.

Yep, he said it. And then he doubled down:

Being a scout master in the Boy Scouts would do more to help someone get a top job at the VA than serving in the armed forces, Dr. Gonzalo Solis Sanchez of the VA Caribbean Medical Center said.

Was he maybe misquoted? Speaking off the cuff? Nope. He said that in a sworn deposition.
The VA does hire vets, but mostly only physicians. The agency avoids combat vets at all costs, or hires them into menial positions doing close-order mop drill or mustering bedpans.
VA Doesn’t Fire Dope-Dispensing Doc…

…in the final analysis, even though she announced to the public that she got rid of him, Victoria Brahm, the acting director of the VA’s Tomah, Wisconsin hellhole, couldn’t bring herself to give Dr David Houlihan, “the Candy Man,” the ax. Ultimately, the bonds between payroll patriots are forged in the fires of greed; no mortal force can sunder them.
So the paradox has arisen that Houlihan, who has lost his medical license at least temporarily, is welcome on the Tomah wards, but all personnel have been warned to call the police on any pesky reporters who show up asking questions.
That’s because Houlihan is just a threat to the lives of vets, and Brahm couldn’t care less. Reporters, on the other hand, are a threat to her fat paycheck, and that she takes seriously.
Unlike, for instance, the lives of vets.
Are we ready to disband this cavalcade of clownery yet?

[mickeyblueyes]

Thank you mr Obama for getting us into this fuckfest.

[Paté]

When did this shit become ok and apparently acceptable?

[Mad Russian]

When did this shit become ok and apparently acceptable?

When the difference between right and wrong became a matter of money and not morals.

[mickeyblueyes]

Remember shit rolls down hill,so if the chief ex is a liar thief drug attic with no moral values than what do you expect from the people under him?

[LazyLab]

Disgusting

[STARMAN]

It's the whole progressive paradigm. Military is bad! Government bureaucrats are good! Time to get rid of the VA and make Veteran Health Care possible in a private setting. Veterans should be able to get the best medical care that is available to the people they fought for.

[Diesel1]

It's the whole progressive paradigm. Military is bad! Government bureaucrats are good! Time to get rid of the VA and make Veteran Health Care possible in a private setting. Veterans should be able to get the best medical care that is available to the people they fought for.

You know you bring up a good point. One that I didn't hear when OBAMAcare was being shoveled down our throats.....why didn't anyone step up and say that if the GOV't can't adequately provide decent (nevermind good) healthcare for our vets (smaller percentage of the population), WHY THE FUCK WOULD WE LET THEM OPERATE HEALTHCARE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY????

[STARMAN]

You know you bring up a good point. One that I didn't hear when OBAMAcare was being shoveled down our throats.....why didn't anyone step up and say that if the GOV't can't adequately provide decent (nevermind good) healthcare for our vets (smaller percentage of the population), WHY THE FUCK WOULD WE LET THEM OPERATE HEALTHCARE FOR THE ENTIRE COUNTRY????

Give them good insurance, with no premiums or copays, and let them go where ever they would like to receive the best care. It is the least we can do "To care for him who shall have borne the battle." We have to have priorities in this country, and the military should be at the top of the list.

[Huntington Guy]

Warts and all I give VA a B-. Different parts are better than others but the kind of bureaucratic bullshit that goes on and is tolerated is a national disgrace.
Not to go off in a whole other direction but just to inform the uninformed, not every vet is eligible for VA care. Of those who are, only certain vets and certain things are completely covered.
A majority of vets using VA see their private health insurance billed for their care. Vets pay co-pays and deductables too.
The cultural dysfunction within VA is criminal, that said, they still help a lot if vets who use them. None of that can excuse the failures, corruption or contempt that they display though.

I will say that from personal experience that our Northport VA is better than most. That's either very good news or very bad news depending on each vets experiences.