Posted on Jul 7, 2014
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So now that President Obama named Robert McDonald, a graduate of West Point and most recently the CEO and chairman of Procter & Gamble, the new VA Secretary; what do you think is the biggest challenge Sec McDonald faces?
Is it reforming the wait times for Veterans to be seen? The number of staff? The image of the VA by the general public? For me, I think the biggest challenge he faces is having Veterans trust the VA again. We have been victims of poor leadership in the hospitals, of long wait times, of bad medical practices, and so much more. The trust between the Veteran and the VA are beyond low. I think he needs to focus on the Veteran and put our needs ahead of whatever bonuses and whatnot the staff has been used to seeing.
Is it reforming the wait times for Veterans to be seen? The number of staff? The image of the VA by the general public? For me, I think the biggest challenge he faces is having Veterans trust the VA again. We have been victims of poor leadership in the hospitals, of long wait times, of bad medical practices, and so much more. The trust between the Veteran and the VA are beyond low. I think he needs to focus on the Veteran and put our needs ahead of whatever bonuses and whatnot the staff has been used to seeing.
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We shall see. Mr. McDonald will be seen as an outsider by the entrenched powers at the VA. He may or may not be well qualified for the business of Health Care (I have no idea of his personal qualifications). At any rate, he is being made responsible for VA Health Care, which includes a large number of facilities, some of which are much better than others, and sad to say, a number of others which are much worse than others. I look forward to seeing positive results.
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SUICIDE PREVENTION AND EFFECTIVE REHABILITATION AND RECOVERY AND THIS TAKES TIME AND MEDICAL CARE AND LONG TERM THERAPY AND MEDICAL ASSITANCE.
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Yet more BS the VA needs to resolve taking their attention away from us.
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Tonight the House Veterans Affairs Committee will hear from VA staffers who suffered professionally and personally after reporting problems in the department.
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