Todays news from Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.): VA Health Care: President Barack Obama on Wednesday met with Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki to discuss problems with scheduling at VA medical centers. On Capitol Hill, the presidents chief of staff met with Sen. Bernie Sanders, chairman of the Senate veterans committee, McClatchy, NBC News, MSNBC reported. VA Health Care: Sen. Sanders told Chris Hayes Wednesday on MSNBC that 13 years of war have strained the veterans health care system and that more resources may need to be allocated in some areas to provide adequate care for returning soldiers. Two million new veterans have come into the system, Sanders said. I have no doubt that there are parts of the country where we simply do not have the staff needed to accommodate these veterans in a timely and effective way. VA Health Care: “Everybody understands that when you treat 230,000 people a day, mistakes are going to be made, and that is true of any institution of that size,” Sanders said. But he also noted in Thursday’s New York Times that the agency’s inspector general and the Government Accountability Office have reported “on numerous occasions about problems having to do with scheduling and with waiting lists.” Expand Medicaid for Veterans: More than 250,000 veterans would gain access to health care if Republican governors would expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Our job must be to improve quality health care, in my view for all people as a right, and certainly in the VA, Sen. Sanders told Alex Wagner on MSNBC. As the president indicated, theres a sacred responsibility. Continue reading here: sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/newswatch/052114
Posted on: Thu, 22 May 2014 13:09:28 +0000
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