Posted on Jun 4, 2015
CSM Michael Lynch
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This maybe the start to something in the right direction. I like that it isn't just focused on the high level but all employees. The trend of VA issues is alarming as we all know, to see progress on something that will make it better in the long run is the first of many steps to be taken daily.

In the same breathe this was released this am as well.

*Veterans Affairs admits to spending billions on private healthcare.

So they have been spending billions on our health care through private facilities without contracts, yet the could have spent those billions on their own systems to get them right to care for our veterans.

I'm sure we will see some kick back, bonus issues arise from this release as well in the near future. It seems to be a never ending onslaught for the VA.

IMHO opinion it will start with some firings, fines, imprisonment and holding these folks accountable before solid change will occur.
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LTC Stephen F.
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That sounds like good news and is definitely a step in the right direction.
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There would have to be some sort of way to quantify if a person is being fired for actual cause, or if it is because the boss is just a flaming %$@#.

I had a boss under federal government employment and he was the classic "toxic leader". We're fairly certain he was a functioning alcoholic (ie, he was able to "put up a good act" while actually raging drunk) and abusive, prone to fits of temper, etc. Eventually he got removed and demoted, but I am 100% positive he would have fired everyone in the office at one point or another just to prove what a big tough guy he was. It was a small office and actually pretty well-run and efficient, so it would have been nothing but his ego running amuck.

Being able to fire people at will isn't a guarantee of success for an organization.
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PO1 John Miller
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Hopefully this will be the boot in the ass the VA needs. Though it is sad that it takes something like the possibility of losing one's job to motivate an employee into doing what they were hired to do.
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PO1 Jeff Doan
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I am an employee of a VA hospital. You can definitely tell those who are there "just for the paycheck" and those who are there to care for patients. The same goes for civilian hospitals though!
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