California Health System Innovations: Shredders and Death Plans
August 21, 2015
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The Obama administration spent billions to fix the Veterans Administration hospital system so that our nation's former military service personnel could actually receive the good quality healthcare they were promised---and it appears as though the Los Angeles unit used that money to buy shredders.
The embattled Veterans Administration may have another scandal on its hands, after investigators found at least eight benefits claims for veterans at the Los Angeles VA that were shredded instead of being properly processed, according to the Washington Times. The VA’s Office of the Inspector General conducted the internal investigation after receiving an anonymous tip that the staff at the Los Angeles regional office was shredding compensation claims. The 15-page report details what type of documents were allegedly shredded and how the office didn’t have a Records Management Officer, the position created in the wake of similar practices in 2008, for more than a year.Perhaps the veterans can take some consolation in that fact that the failure of our state's healthcare exchange, Covered California, has left citizens relying on our version of Obamacare unable to access medical care.