VA Head Shinseki - I Accept Full Responsibility for the Horrors My Agency Inflicted on Veterans, and I'm "Mad as Hell," But Why No, I Won't Be Resigning

From Ace of Spades HQ:

"I take full responsibility" stopped meaning "I take full responsibility" around 15 years ago. Now it only means "I'm willing to say the words I take full responsibility."

The agency was misreporting the wait-times for procedures -- to hide how very, very long some vets waited for treatment.

Some waited until they simply died.

But the man who is "mad as hell" says let's not read too much into that.

Shinseki labeled possible links between long waits and veteran deaths as allegations, and acting inspector general Richard Griffin said nothing his investigation has found so far proves a causal relationship.
"It's one thing to be on a waiting list, and it's another thing to conclude that as a result of being on the waiting list, that's the cause death," he said.
His assistant, Dr. John Daigh, said frequent delays occurred, as well as deficient quality standards that caused patient harm in some cases.
"But to draw the conclusion between patient harm and death has so far been a tenuous connection," Daigh told the committee.

I think they're getting their 2018 Obamacare scripts ready.

The agency has been covering up its not-yet-proven-to-be-deadly long waits for treatment for six years.

Internal memos show the VA has been playing whack a mole for at least six years with employees who use dozens of different scheduling tricks to hide substantial delays in health care for America’s veterans. And whenever the VA tries to stop its staffers from "gaming the system," the staffers come up with new techniques. Whistleblowers around the country are now accusing the VA of hiding a backlog in patient care with bookkeeping tricks, and a former doctor at a VA facility in Arizona says the delays may have contributed to the deaths of 40 patients.
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The techniques included pretending that appointments cancelled by the clinic were cancelled by the patient, and refusing to schedule appointments for patients when there was no appointment available within 30 days. Patients were told to wait a month and then call back.

Remember, The Regime is in charge of the VA, medical care for our war veterans, and this bunch is also in charge of your healthcare through Obamacare. The Dear Leader choose Shinseki to lead the VA. Shinseki is a retired Army General. So, if he's not responsible or CARES about the healthcare of our veterans, do you think the Dear Leader cares?

Now are you sacred?