December 26, 2023
Year in review: These are the 10 worst #VAFails of 2023
If you’re a faithful follower of Concerned Veterans for America, you’ve read a #VAFail or two this year. But what is the worst of the worst? From bullying good employees out of their jobs to actively hiding information from FOIA requests to fatal mishandling of care, it’s been a year of failure at the… Read more »
December 26, 2023
I left a country of limitations behind. That’s why I fight for more freedom for veterans in the U.S.
I came to this country like thousands of others, an immigrant from a communist country in search of a better life. My grandfather would come home to Cuba from Florida to visit, and I remember listening to all his stories about this free country so different from my own. As a child, I struggled with… Read more »
December 18, 2023
Watch: CVA volunteer leaves a legacy of dedication and service
As Beverly Henderson looks back on memories of her late husband Allan, she recalls how service was a part of their lives from the very beginning. “Three months into our marriage, Allan received a letter, and from then on was in the U.S. military,” Beverly says as she and daughter Sharina flip through photos of… Read more »
December 15, 2023
#VAFail: Veterans wait for care, benefits, while VA officials get bonuses they were not meant to have
A decade after the country learned about unconscionably long wait times at Department of Veterans Affairs health facilities, in some places things have not improved. Other problems also are cropping up. In Stockton, California veterans are waiting months to get medicine. A Hampton, Virginia veteran who went to the ER with chest pains — and,… Read more »
December 8, 2023
#VAFail: The VA is managing community care for unauthorized migrants while actively creating barriers for veterans seeking community care
This may be one of the worst insults to veterans since the Phoenix VA scandal of 2014. News recently broke that the Department of Veterans Affairs is managing community care and reimbursements for unauthorized migrants while actively keeping veterans from accessing timely, quality care. According to reports, Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts with the VA’s… Read more »
December 1, 2023
#VAFail: Phoenix VA mismanages veterans’ cancer screenings, resulting in delays
If you can count on the Phoenix Veterans Affairs facility for anything, it’s that it will continue making headlines about mishandling veterans’ care. This time, the VA delayed colorectal cancer screenings for hundreds of veterans. Why? Because the VA didn’t pay its postage bills on time. Timely, accurate testing is vital Colorectal cancer is… Read more »
November 20, 2023
Two solutions for VA reform, but only one will give veterans more choices over care
Veterans Day may have passed, but we can recognize and honor veterans every day, starting with better health care. In a recent piece in the Washington Examiner, CVA Executive Director Russ Duerstine shines a light on how the Department of Veterans Affairs is getting around the law and limiting veterans’ health treatment options: The Department… Read more »
