VA disputes GOP claim that money for vets is going to migrants instead

Article Title: VA disputes GOP claim that money for vets is going to migrants instead

Article Excerpt: "Currently, ICE pays VA to help process payments for health care costs for immigrants in their custody. Fewer than 10 employees from VA’s Financial Service Center are tasked with the work as part of their other duties.

VA provides similar processing services to the Department of Defense, Surface Transportation Board, Indian Health Service, and Office of Refugee Resettlement. The department is reimbursed by all of the federal agencies for all costs and resources used, VA officials said.

The arrangement has been in place since 2002 and continued through multiple Democratic..."

Reference Source: www.militarytimes.com

Med Mal: VA Clinician Injures Veteran’s Penis With Catheter, Dies Of Sepsis

Article Title: Med Mal: VA Clinician Injures Veteran’s Penis With Catheter, Dies Of Sepsis

Snippet of Article: "... One veteran died from botched care at Kansas City VA where an unnamed VA clinician injured the inside of a patient’s penis by inflating a catheter in the urethra instead of the bladder by mistake. His widow is suing VA for malpractice. Disabled veteran..."

Article Source: www.disabledveterans.org

GOP budget czar eyes axing health care for 1.3 million veterans

Article Title: GOP budget czar eyes axing health care for 1.3 million veterans

Snippet of Article: "...he House Budget Committee, chaired by Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., has told a veterans’ group it is studying a plan to save $6 billion annually in VA health care costs by canceling enrollment of any veteran who doesn’t have a service-related medical condition and who is not poor. ..."

Article Source: www.timesrecord.com

Federal Court Rules VA Employees Owed Years Worth of Back Pay

Article Title: Federal Court Rules VA Employees Owed Years Worth of Back Pay

Snippet of Article: "... The case affects VA health care employees who either currently or formerly worked at the VA, on Saturdays or at night after 6 p.m. between September, 1995 and the present time. The Court also decided that the VA must pay Sunday premium pay of 25% to RNs, NAs, PAs, and other job classifications whenever they used paid leave instead of working on their regular Sunday shifts between September 5, 1995 and October 1, 1997...."

Article Source: www.afge.org
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