Do you trust the VA?

#Middlebury #Veterans #HealthCare #VeteransSignals #VAHospitals VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves Two recent surveys ranked health care at the Department of Veterans Affairs as better ... Continue Reading →

OIG investigates suicide care at the VA

#Middlebury #Veterans #Suicide #SuicideRisk VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves How on earth, one hates to ask, did a veteran commit suicide while a patient in a Department of Veterans Affairs ... Continue Reading →

Some scammers make mistakes

#Middlebury #Scammers #OfficeOfInspectorGeneral VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves In the not-too-bright department, a veteran threatened to blow up a Department of Veterans Affairs medical ... Continue Reading →

Are some thefts worse than others?

#Middlebury #Stealing #VA #Veterans VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves I don’t know which is worse: stealing millions of dollars from the VA or stealing pain drugs from patients. ... Continue Reading →

Female veterans get VA benefits, health care

#Middlebury #FemaleVeterans #HealthCare VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves The VA health care signed up over 53,000 female veterans in the past year, the biggest enrollment increase ever ... Continue Reading →

Don’t fall for claims scams

#Middlebury #Veterans #ClaimsScams VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves While there’s no doubt that the PACT Act did a lot of good, opening up an additional 20 health conditions for ... Continue Reading →

Healthcare scams net millions

#Middlebury #Veterans #HealthcareScams VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves It takes a lot of nerve to cook up a scheme to steal large amounts of money from government agencies such as the ... Continue Reading →

Get help when leaving the service

#Middlebury #Veterans #TAP #SolidStart VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves Those who leave the service can be in for quite a life change, not only for them but for their families. The transition ... Continue Reading →

Why are scammer punishments so light?

#Middlebury #Veterans #VA #Scammers VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves What always stands out, at least to me, are the low penalties for the criminals who steal from veterans and the Department ... Continue Reading →

Put a “pause” on your surgery at the VA

#Middlebury #SpecialNeedsVeterans #HomelessVeterans VETERANS POST By Freddy Groves The Department of Veterans Affairs is expanding an initiative designed to hold off rushing a veteran ... Continue Reading →