Yeah, IF NOT!
How come the MSM can not SAY LIE? Because THEY LIE?
"VA still underbudgeting for vets' healthcare, GAO says; New secretary vows to provide honest figures" by Hope Yen, Associated Press | January 24, 2009
WASHINGTON - Two years after a politically embarrassing $1 billion shortfall that imperiled veterans healthcare, the Veterans Affairs Department is still lowballing budget estimates to Congress to keep its spending down, government investigators say.
"The report by the Government Accountability Office highlights the Bush administration's problems in planning for the treatment of veterans....
Support the Troops, hanh?
"The problems at the VA have been caused by years of mismanagement and putting the bottom line above the needs of our veterans," said Senator Patty Murray, Democrat of Washington....
You know, first it was you were a traitor if you didn't believe the lies and were against invasion, then it was yeah, yeah, we know you were right but shut up anyway (no apologies), and now we find that asshole war-criminal Bush NEVER SUPPORTED the TROOPS himself!! Somebody jail that fucker, will ya?
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In the report, the VA acknowledged problems in its plan for long-term care, which accounts annually for more than $4 billion, or 12 percent, of its total healthcare spending. In many cases, officials told the GAO they put in lower estimates to be "conservative" in their appropriations requests to Congress and to "stay within anticipated budgetary constraints."
Yeah, they SHORTED the VETS that needed CARE!!! And they PAY OFF HALLIBURTON even though they OVERCHARGE and LOOTED the place!!!!
This is OUTRAGEOUS!!!!!!!
As to the 25,000 nursing home patients unaccounted for, the VA explained it was usual clinical practice to provide short-term care of 90 days or less following hospitalization in a VA medical center, such as for those who had a stroke, to ensure patients are medically stable. But the VA had chosen not to budget for them because the government is not legally required to provide the care except in serious cases....
What? (Can you feel my seething sense of outrage in that lone remark, reader?)=
Oh, so they can SEND THEM to WAR on LIES, but government doesn't have to care for them. Well, tell me, just WHAT does GOVERNMENT DO other than STEAL TAXPAYERS LOOT and START WRS?? Seriously? LIE? That's about the only other thing I see.
In 2005, the VA stunned Congress by suddenly announcing it faced a $1 billion shortfall after failing to take into account the additional cost of caring for veterans injured in Iraq and Afghanistan. The admission, which came months after the department insisted it did not need additional money, drew harsh criticism from both parties.
Translation: They FORGOT the TROOPS!!!!
The GAO later determined the VA repeatedly miscalculated - if not deliberately misled taxpayers - to justify Bush administration cuts to healthcare amid the burgeoning Iraq war.
Fits right in with everything else they do!
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