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Offline Ptarmigan

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Confused VA failed to report potentially dangerous doctors, may have put lives at risk, watchdog says
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2017/11/28/confused-va-failed-to-report-potentially-dangerous-doctors-may-have-put-lives-at-risk-watchdog-says.html

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The Department of Veterans Affairs is under fire for possibly putting lives at risk after a government watchdog report revealed that it failed to report 90 percent of potentially dangerous medical providers in recent years.

According to the Government of Accountability Office (GAO) report, which was released on Monday, the VA is required to report providers to a national database designed to prevent them from crossing state lines and endangering other patients. However, based on a sampling of 148 providers at five unidentified VA hospitals who required review, officials had only reported nine health care workers since 2014, and none had been reported to state licensing boards.

The VA has dropped the ball too many times.  :mental:
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Offline thundley4

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They just need to close them all down and issue vets medical cards that allow choice of doctors and hospitals.

It would be cheaper in the long run because much of the bureaucracy could be eliminated.

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This is one of the many, many reasons I have nothing to do with the VA, except in getting mortgages. Workin' on No. 6 --- and the sheer amount of government bullshit you have to go through with the last one of these is enough to get me to stop after this one.
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