The VA Office of Inspector General released a report in July regarding an incident that occurred at a Washington, D.C. VA hospital in early 2019. The incident in question involved a veteran who arrived at the hospital asking to stay the night, because he or she was battling withdrawal from opioids and was having suicidal [...]

A study released in March 2020 found that thousands of veterans were unlawfully turned down by the Department of Veterans Affairs for decades. These veterans had other-than-honorable discharges, leaving them desperate for care and feeling invisible. The study was conducted by the Veterans Legal Clinic at Harvard Law School and it found that veterans have [...]

For many years, significant problems have lingered at the Veterans Administration regarding a lack of prompt, reliable, and quality care provided to our wounded warriors. These concerns have led to investigations and subsequent actions to resolve these issues. Just recently, on a unanimous basis, the U.S. Senate passed the VA Provider Accountability Act, which was [...]

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs is the second-largest agency in our country. It employs more than 377,000 people. It has a budget of $180 billion. It runs more than 1,700 hospitals throughout the country. And it is systematically and systemically failing our veterans. The Washington Post reported on March 16, 2018, that Inspector [...]