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December 4, 2008 at 10:49:19
Young inexperienced doctors learn the Culture of Dishonesty at the VA by Warren Wells Page 1 of 1 page(s) 
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The Veterans Adminstration's 'Culture of Dishonesty' aims to discourage and defeat veterans. The plan is “Delay, deny, hope you die." There are many reported cases of the “Delay, deny, hope you die” tactic, with unbelievable suffering by veterans. The death of veterans is desired by the VA because all claims for compensation are dismissed upon his or her death, regardless of the pain and suffering involved and whether or not the death is caused by the VA. The Culture of Dishonesty is learned at the VA by young inexperienced “doctors.” Horrible life taking or life threatening mistakes made by these inexperienced “doctors” are covered up with cooperation by all in the “care team.” There is a failure to report such errors as required, thus the VA's inexperienced “doctors” do not learn from all the previous horrible life taking and endangering mistakes made by others. Mistakes are covered up and not properly reported as required. The one making the mistake may learn to “don’t do that again” but others can’t learn from the mistake because they have no way of knowing of the matter. It is sad, paranoid and childish to risk many veterans’ health and lives in experimentation profiting only one “running scared doctor” at a time. VA management is aware of and supports this cover-up activity. The 'Culture of Dishonesty' dominates! The new "doctors" get their training in dishonesty at the VA at government expense experimenting with veterans' health and lives. Why not be dishonest? Dishonesty is honored at the top levels of the Veterans Administration as courageously pointed out by Rep. Filner, to whom we owe thanks and support.
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A different experience
I'm a retired Marine and disabled veteran. Both my brothers are also former Marines and also disabled veterans. I rely on the VA as my source of health care. I have only had two negative encounters with staff at the VA hospital here in Albuquerque (one doctor and one nurse). Other than that, I've gotten better care - more caring, and more competent - from the VA than from anywhere else I've ever been, including the military medical system and private providers using health insurance while I was still working after leaving the service. A lot of those folks were also very good and overall I'm content with those experiences too, but the VA has been the best in my case. I am not a fan of the people running the VA at the top, but the people at the patient-contact level have been wonderful. They are understaffed and overloaded, and at times it takes months to get in to see them for anything but an emergency - but they're doing their best. The experiences of both my brothers and some other friends have been similar for the most part. One of my brothers had a terrible time in the spinal cord injury unit at the VA hospital in Long Beach during most of 1981, but that has been the exception, thankfully. I know there are a lot of problems, but I'd like to bring some balance to the picture - most of the VA staff I've met are skilled, compassionate, respectful, and straight up with people. Thanks, Jim Finley by Jim Finley (2 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 99 comments [42 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, Dec 4, 2008 at 1:54:05 PM  (0+)
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Reply: VA Experience
Congrats, Jim: My experience was good too until they overdosed and crippled me with prescribed meds leaving me with a musscle wasting disease and PTSD. There are a lot of good people at the VA but they must become part of the cover up team in case one of them makes a mistake. The Marines taught you to be always allert and aware. Please keep it up. Thanks for your response. Warren by Warren Wells (1 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 1 comments) on Friday, Dec 5, 2008 at 12:46:43 PM (0+)
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Maybe in some centers, but not all>>.
My care over the past 5 years has been outstanding promoting preventive health rather than invasive health care. My primary care physician is experienced, has been improving her skills via seminars and advanced education and the timeliness of treatment has been outstanding. I wish every Citizen had the same level of health care as that offered in my VA center. by psycheboat (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 12 comments [1 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Thursday, Dec 4, 2008 at 10:15:18 PM (0+)
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Government Run Healthcare
The people who run VA hospitals will be the same people that will run government healthcare programs that forced upon you soon. Enjoy. Government does very very few things well. You get what you vote for sometimes. Keep in mind that veterans who are 'rich' do not get medical health benefits from the VA. I am a Vietnam era vet who is a second class citizen when it comes to VA benefits. My father-in-law is also just another evil rich person in the eyes of our government even though he fought for 2 years in Europe during WWII. VA benefits are just another government welfare program that benefit one class of citizens based on their economic status. by Mad Jayhawk (3 articles, 0 quicklinks, 2 diaries, 652 comments [56 recommended, 3 rejected]) on Friday, Dec 5, 2008 at 9:33:38 AM (0+)
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VA Medical Care a mixed bag
VA medical care is a problem, and there is a culture of dishonesty. I learned this the hard way. Fraud, Medical Battery, and worse are daily events. Undersupervised residents make mistakes. Medication errors kill. Surgery is worse yet. Residents perform ghost surgeries. Vets are never told the experienced doc they have been working with will not be perfroming the surgery. Not only are mistakes covered up, so is who made the mistake. Even sexual assaults are coverd. BTW female vets waiting for surgery are drugged and subjected to gangs of students practicing breast, pelvic, and rectal exams. Women are raped, and it is covered up. It is all very very ugly. by MC Kean (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 12 comments) on Friday, Dec 5, 2008 at 6:10:05 PM (0+)
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