Criticism of Veterans Affairs Secretary Mounts Over Backlog in Claims
2 posters
Page 1 of 1
Criticism of Veterans Affairs Secretary Mounts Over Backlog in Claims
The 30-second Web video has the edgy quality of a campaign-season attack ad, including ominous music, grainy photos and a closing demand: “It’s time for new leadership.”
But the target is not an elected official, or a politician at all. It is President Obama’s secretary of veterans affairs, Eric Shinseki, the man being held accountable for his overwhelmed agency’s problems.
And for one problem in particular: “the backlog,” the huge and probably still growing inventory of claims for disability compensation filed by wounded or ill veterans. As of Monday, just under 600,000 claims qualified as backlogged, meaning they had been pending for over 125 days.
Though the numbers have grown, delays in processing disability claims are nothing new, and neither are complaints about the backlog. Just last year, some veterans advocates tried to make the backlog a presidential campaign issue. They failed. But this year, something changed: the criticism grew louder and perhaps more partisan, and began reaching a wider audience.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/us/shinseki-faces-mounting-criticism-over-backlog-of-benefit-claims.html?ref=us&_r=0
But the target is not an elected official, or a politician at all. It is President Obama’s secretary of veterans affairs, Eric Shinseki, the man being held accountable for his overwhelmed agency’s problems.
And for one problem in particular: “the backlog,” the huge and probably still growing inventory of claims for disability compensation filed by wounded or ill veterans. As of Monday, just under 600,000 claims qualified as backlogged, meaning they had been pending for over 125 days.
Though the numbers have grown, delays in processing disability claims are nothing new, and neither are complaints about the backlog. Just last year, some veterans advocates tried to make the backlog a presidential campaign issue. They failed. But this year, something changed: the criticism grew louder and perhaps more partisan, and began reaching a wider audience.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/19/us/shinseki-faces-mounting-criticism-over-backlog-of-benefit-claims.html?ref=us&_r=0
fshnski- Posts : 4223
Reputation : 6
Join date : 2013-02-04
Location : Woofbura
Re: Criticism of Veterans Affairs Secretary Mounts Over Backlog in Claims
There are so many Obama Administration scandals, no one can keep up!
Hey, Government needs the money...
"...You know what the IRS is really great at? Breaking its own laws.
"In addition to targeting conservative groups, the corrupt government agency has also been singling out disabled veterans. They do this by using banks to launder and then stealing the veterans’ disability checks. Shameful.
"The Veterans Disability Act of 2010 exempts VA disability from withholding of any sort. But the IRS has been stealing disabled veterans’ money anyway.
—mrconservative.com
Hey, Government needs the money...
Similar topics
» More about the State Dept. and prostitutes
» A fatal wait: Veterans languish and die on a VA hospital's secret list
» Excellent job by obama. He's an ace in foreign affairs!
» Boston’s fire chief is facing criticism
» Kerry, Our New Secretary of State, Makes Pronouncement...
» A fatal wait: Veterans languish and die on a VA hospital's secret list
» Excellent job by obama. He's an ace in foreign affairs!
» Boston’s fire chief is facing criticism
» Kerry, Our New Secretary of State, Makes Pronouncement...
Page 1 of 1
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum