Second, the VA Secretary, and VA leadership, must be serious about holding VA employees accountable.
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The highest: Loudoun County, Va. Fairfax County, Va. Howard County, Md. Falls Church City, Va. Arlington County, Va. The lowest: McCreary County, Ky. Holmes County, Miss.
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MCLEAN, Va. – MCLEAN, Va. (AP) _ Gladstone Land Corp.
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ARLINGTON, Va. – ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) _ Evolent Health Inc.
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MCLEAN, Va. – MCLEAN, Va. (AP) _ Gladstone Commercial Corp.
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I packed my son in the back of my Honda et puis, on y va, et va, et va.
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"Fortunately, VA is ready," the VA said on its website.
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Va.), Bristol Pirates (Va.), Burlington Bees (Iowa), Burlington Royals (N.
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Bismarck, N.D.Fargo, N.D.Grand Forks, N.D. Youngstown, Ohio Amarillo, Texas Huntington, W. Va. Martinsburg, W. Va.Morgantown, W. Va. Parkersburg, W. Va. Eau Claire, Wis.
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It was a group of VA therapists who organized the first National Veterans Wheelchair Games in 1981 at the Richmond, Va., VA hospital.
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Several areas including D.C.; Arlington, Va.; Falls Church, Va.; and Alexandria, Va., are under a winter weather advisory from noon to 7 p.m.
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (AP) _ Armada Hoffler Properties Inc.
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Nobody could get VA accountability, and nobody could get VA Choice.
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"Tutto va bene, tutto va bene," a man replied, smiling warmly.
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It is in Glen Allen, Va., not in Short Pump, Va.
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We must protect the VA system, not privatize the VA system.
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Under such a structure all care would be VA care, but not all care would be provided in VA facilities or by VA providers.
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W. VA. Washington Kansas City Independence Topeka VA. St. Louis Farmville KAN.
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Buxom Va-Va-Plump Shiny Liquid Lipstick in Come to Dolly; $20; buxom.
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For something a little less va-va-voom, try this burgundy top ($89).
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Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Don Beyer (D-Va.).
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" Velvet va-va-voom: Taraji P. Henson, Brie Larson "The velvet is big.
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However, what is not disputed by anyone at VA is that when she immediately reported the experience to multiple VA employees, they did not call VA police.
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This is option provided by the VA administration allows payment to a non-VA facility, which can provide a necessary service the local VA does not offer.
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" (113 words) * Acting VA Secretary Peter O'Rourke: "Acting secretary of the VA, Peter O'Rourke.
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The VA never received White House guidance, VA spokesman Curt Cashour told the Post.
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Tim Kaine (D-Va.) campaigns with Hillary Clinton in Annandale, Va. Details: http://hrc.
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The VA Suicide Prevention Services Act would require the VA to ensure that each VA medical center is staffed with at least one full-time suicide prevention coordinator.
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Elaine Luria (D-VA) was joined by VA Congressional delegation and led the House in a moment of silence to honor the victims of VA Beach shooting. pic.twitter.
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Brown has served on the Senate VA committee and has experience substantively working on VA issues and engaging the VA on key issues the veteran community cares about.
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I am a woman veteran who previously worked at VA, uses VA for health care, and has publicly written about my generally positive experiences with VA health care.
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O'Rourke gives much of the credit to the El Paso's interim VA director, Gail Graham, whom he says is "unlike many people inside the VA." Graham, for her part, has been willing to fight for better care at the El Paso VA. But, like other VA managers across the country, at least publicly she defends VA care.
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Va.), Tim Kaine (Va.), and Bill Nelson (Fla.), who all face competitive re-election races.
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Additionally, the VA Mission Act authorized the VA to provide telehealth services across state lines.
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The GAO recommended the VA test the hotline text messaging system, and the VA agreed.
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Go deeper: Our breakdown of the race, plus 11 races to watch tonight [shortcode-va-gov] [shortcode-va-ag] Read more: Our breakdown of that race [shortcode-va-lt-gov]
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That led to passage of a bipartisan VA reform package in 2014, which allowed veterans to seek care outside of VA facilities and provided funds to hire more VA doctors.
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Take a look at the VA. All of your lives, you're young guys, but all of your life you heard about the VA, the VA, oh, it's always a disaster.
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The tiny fibers latch onto each individual lash, elongating them for va-va-voom-level volume.
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It was clear that the VA was serving the interests of the VA, not the veteran.
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I watch, satisfied, as my formerly pillow-flattened curls are transformed by va-va-voom volume.
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Wednesday in Lynchburg, Va., then moves to Salem, Va., for a rally at 2628:28503 p.m.
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"I call that cash-plus-plus, cash with some va-va-voom to it," she said.
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But according to the VA, 14 of the 20 will not have engaged with VA healthcare.
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The VA services aren't a panacea, though, especially for those who don't live near VA clinics.
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In addition to the VA Video tool, the VA is rolling out an app called the Veteran's Appointment Request, which allows veterans to schedule appointments with VA providers on their smartphones.
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It will also prohibit the VA from signing settlements with fired or dismissed VA employees that commits the VA to concealing serious medical errors or purging negative records from personnel files.
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During the time the House VA committee held 42 separate hearings related to oversight of the VA, the Senate VA committee -- chaired by Sanders -- held about seven hearings on these issues.
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Despite the 2017 creation of the VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, as revealed in an October 2019 VA Inspector General Report, VA had a sizeable backlog of whistleblower complaints.
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The VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017, now awaiting consideration in the U.S. Senate, would change that, giving the VA secretary the ability to more rapidly terminate bad VA employees.
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IAVA members, 80% of whom are enrolled in VA health care, want to see the VA improve.
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But few folks got involved with Kelly Fowler in VA-21 or Donte Tanner in VA-40.
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That's seriously all it took to take my lashes from blah to va-va-voom: two swipes.
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Bottom line: actual VA medical care is great, navigating the accompanying VA bureaucracy is difficult at best.
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The veterans feel let down by the VA, like, why didn't the VA protect me and help?
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Organizers, according to the groups, will be in AZ-229, CA-10, CA-45, CA-48, IA-1, IA-3, NJ-11, NJ-673, NJ-3, TX-7, TX-23, TX-32, VA-2, VA-5, VA-7 and VA-10 on behalf of Democrats in each race.
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Trump named former VA Under Secretary for Health David Shulkin to the top post at the VA this year, who has vowed to reform the VA, though he is an Obama era holdover.
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" Veterans Choice "We passed for the veterans VA Choice and VA Accountability on behalf of those great people.
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"She wasn't overtly sexy in the 1950's va-va-voom way," says Audrey Style author Pamela Keogh.
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Y él si es listo, no me va a dejar, pero si llegó [inaudible] me va a dejar.
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The game will be in Woodbridge, Va., against the Salem (Va.) Red Sox, a farm team of Boston.
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On why he supports more private treatment options outside the VA: Not enough VA hospitals to go around.
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An additional 2,000 VA-developed tests will only be used if necessary, VA spokesperson Christina Mandreucci told CNN.
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"The VA is the backbone for the NDMS," said Anthony Principi, the VA secretary from 2001 to 2005.
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Y.), Robert Hurt (Va.), Rich Nugent (Fla.) and Scott Rigell (Va.) are also opting not to seek reelection.
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VA health economist Austin Frakt estimated that the VA pays 40-percent less for its drugs than Medicare.
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Trump: "Major meeting" tonight at Mar-a-Lago to "talk all about the VA"*turns to VA Sec.
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Now, the VA is announcing a drastic expansion of that program with the launch of a new tool called VA Video Connect, which it intends to expand to every VA hospital across the country.
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The program allows veterans to see care providers outside the VA under certain circumstances, such as when the VA can't deliver care on a certain timeline or when VA facilities are too far away.
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"We don't trust the VA to tell us how the VA is doing, we trust veterans to tell us how the VA is doing," said O'Rourke, who is running to take on Republican Sen.
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Patients with the VA are not only prohibited from using medical marijuana while on VA property in states where it's otherwise legal, VA providers are prohibited from even suggesting its use for medical purposes.
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While Trump does call for a firm firing authority for VA officials, something that would help the VA greatly, he also calls for increasing funding for VA care while concurrently calling for increased privatization options.
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"We don't trust the VA to tell us how the VA is doing, we trust veterans to tell us how the VA is doing," said O'Rourke, who is also running to take on Republican Sen.
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It also makes the VA the primary payer for "for medical care relating to non-service connected disabilities" and allows the VA to share medical information with non-VA agencies providing medical services to veterans.
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Despite my repeated requests to VA press secretary Curt Cashour, VA has yet to name a single veteran-focused medical advancement that has ever resulted from dog testing in nearly 22019 years of VA research.
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Researchers looked at 121 regional health care markets with at least one VA hospital and one non-VA facility.
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" From left: Louise Rasmussen (52, Woodbridge, VA), Kelsey Rasmussen (21, Woodbridge, VA) Kelsey: "There's so many reasons to march.
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In this photo provided by the U.S. District Court, Alexandria, Va., Mohamad Khweis, 27, of Alexandria, Va., is seen.
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With this orange tube in hand, you're guaranteed to create va-va-voom lashes with just a few coats.
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Trump had touted a "major meeting" on the VA during a press conference Friday with VA Secretary David Shulkin.
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Wait times at Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical facilities are getting better, VA Secretary David Shulkin said Monday.
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Since 2015, the VA has contracted with an independent evaluator to assess VA mental health and suicide prevention programs.
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On January 27, VA Acting Secretary Robert Snyder released an extensive list of VA positions exempt from the freeze.
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An internal VA audit later uncovered faulty scheduling practices and a "systemic lack of integrity" within some VA facilities.
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Don Beyer (Va.), Gerry Connolly (Va.), Jamie Raskin (Md.), Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Ted Lieu (Calif.), and Pramila Jayapal (Wash.).
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Because the idea that anybody could look at me and go, "Va va voom!" was, you know, a nightmare.
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VA Choice During his rally, Trump claimed that he passed VA Choice while no other President before him could.
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The VA said it is looking into "potential wrongdoing" at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg.
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I asked the VA why they retweeted Seb Gorka and I was blocked... Why is the VA blocking veterans?!
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" -- November 26 campaign rally in Sunrise, Florida "What I've done for the VA -- you don't see VA problems anymore.
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He has all the va-va-voom of a ficus tree, all the populism of a Bermuda golf course.
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Additionally, the legislation would give the VA Secretary the ability to reduce the pensions of VA employees convicted of felonies that are related to their jobs at the VA. There is a broad, bipartisan coalition that supports the VA Accountability First Act which includes the VA Secretary, major veterans' groups like Concerned Veterans for America and the American Legion, and members of both parties in the House of Representatives.
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More white More diverse 1990 2017 W. Va. Va. Md. Md. South Riding South Riding D.C. D.C. Fairfax Fairfax Alexandria Alexandria Va. Va. Fredericksburg Fredericksburg But in other cities — like Charlotte, Indianapolis, St. Louis — the Republican advantage in the outer-ring areas countered the gains that Democrats made in more densely populated neighborhoods.
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More white More diverse 1990 2017 W. Va. Va. Md. Md. South Riding South Riding D.C. D.C. Fairfax Fairfax Alexandria Alexandria Va. Va. Fredericksburg Fredericksburg But in other cities — like Charlotte, Indianapolis, St. Louis — the Republican advantage in the outer-ring areas countered the gains that Democrats made in more densely populated neighborhoods.
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He signed the VA Accountability Act, which makes it easier to fire misbehaving VA officials as well as a law which makes it faster and easier for vets to appeal their VA decision about disability ratings.
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According to the succession plan of the VA, they argue, Trump was required to name Thomas Bowman, deputy secretary of the VA, as acting secretary until another VA secretary could be fully confirmed by the Senate.
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It comes as the VA is without a permanent leader after David Shulkin was ousted as VA secretary in March.
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Vanngo gave Gomez's style something extra with a deep side part, which offers up plenty of va-va-voom volume.
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Sanford Bishop (D-Ga.) questioned the VA inspector general about the case at a recent House Appropriations VA oversight hearing.
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A fourth official, Phoenix VA medical center director Sharon Helman, was fired for accepting improper gifts, according to VA documents.
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To find a Stand Down program in your community, contact your local VA hospital in the VA Medical Center Directory.
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Two VA clinicians have recommended gender reassignment surgeries, but she can't get them without VA coverage, according to the petition.
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" VA spokesman Curt Cashour said the current VA secretary, Robert Wilkie, addressed the issues "immediately upon his arrival as secretary.
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Furthermore, veterans at VA transplant centers wait 32 percent longer for a suitable organ than individuals outside the VA system.
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The lone 21st century example VA has provided is some VA-housed dog research related to the artificial pancreas device.
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Overhauling VA The uncertainty surrounding Shulkin's standing comes as the VA is focused on overhauling its troubled health care system.
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To the contrary, VA bureaucrats desire to protect unions rather than push for accountability is what has obstructed VA reform.
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Some people using VA health care sign up for it so they can get their medicine from non-VA doctors and have their prescriptions filled at their local pharmacy instead of through the VA mail-order service.
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The VA bars its doctors from making written recommendations for medical marijuana, and despite a growing number of lawmakers and policy advocates calling on the VA to reverse that policy, the VA doesn't seem likely to budge.
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"VA has been and will continue to explore a regulatory change that would allow VA to perform gender alteration surgery and a change in the medical benefits package, when appropriated funding is available," the VA spokesperson said.
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Rick is -- I thought you were going to the VA. But we have great people at the VA, so -- so now we don't have to worry about the VA. I think we have great -- I always thought Rick -- I'd put him right over in the VA, and you would have done great there, too.
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At the VA, however, the numbers of patients with nonaggressive prostate cancer who opt for watchful waiting "compare favorably" with patients outside the VA. "The VA is leading in terms of providing good prostate cancer care," said Loeb.
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Congress is debating how to improve the VA and overhaul the Veterans Choice Program, a 2014 initiative that allows veterans who are unable to get timely care at a VA facility to go to a non-VA provider.
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ABINGDON, VA-- Flanked by "Trump Digs Coal" signs, Trump is given a flame safety lamp by VA Coal, Energy Alliance pic.twitter.
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A review by the RAND Corporation showed that the VA outperformed non-VA care on 45 of 47 outpatient quality measures.
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"Bradley was tasked with changing VA to accommodate 11 million soldiers coming off active duty and into VA ranks," he said.
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She was about 30 or 40 pounds lighter and a foot shorter than I'd imagined from that va, va, vroom voice.
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But for times when you want polish, glamour, and va-va-voom, nothing delivers quite like the classic, '50s S-wave.
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That includes the report's main recommendation: building a high-performing integrated health system combining VA care and VA-purchased community care.
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Congress must push for more frequent and robust VA reporting requirements, but more importantly, the next VA Secretary must prioritize transparency.
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Despite the polarization over the use of non-VA care when necessary, VA has been contracting with private providers since 1945.
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Today, about one-third of all appointments for veterans enrolled in the VA happen outside the VA system through community care.
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The excuse provided in this instance involved deflection, a common theme in VA-issued responses to criticism of VA health care.
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To combat this, we need sharp VA oversight, as demonstrated by quite a few recent failings and ongoing VA accountability watch.
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Barking at VA officials According to ProPublica, Perlmutter would "bark" at VA officials during phone calls, imploring them to move faster.
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For many, the reduction of the waist persistently reflects a reductive view of femininity, limited to a va-va-voom outline.
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The VA did not say how many deaths are under investigation at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg.
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C.), Barbara Comstock (R-Va.), Don Beyer (D-Va.), Darin LaHood (R-Ill.), Francis Rooney (R-Fla.) View the discussion thread.
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To assure quality, VA would remain the coordinator of care whether it is delivered inside VA facilities or through community providers.
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Allow patients and their guests to request and be provided religious literature, symbols and sacred texts during visits to VA chapels and during their treatment at VA. Allow VA to accept donations of religious literature, cards and symbols at its facilities and distribute them to VA patrons under appropriate circumstances or to a patron who requests them.
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What they're saying, per a VA spokesperson: "VA appreciates the inspector general's oversight and has been encouraging the IG to complete this work for some time, but it's important to note that this report largely focuses on OAWP's operations under previous leaders who no longer work at VA." Go deeper: Veterans face surprise medical bills from non-VA hospitals
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"What I told [Trump] is, is that I'm a strong advocate for the VA, that the services that are available at the VA are not available in the private sector, and that my view of where VA needs to go is an integrated system of care taking the best of VA and the best of the community," he said.
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Gutowski comes to Hawaii from the troubled Arizona VA system, where she was an associate director, and later acting director, of the Southern Arizona VA. It was during her tenure there that reports of long wait times – and associated patient deaths – at VA hospitals in her district prompted a full-scale investigation of misconduct at VA facilities nationwide.
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Allow patients and their guests to request and be provided religious literature, symbols and sacred texts during visits to VA chapels and during their treatment at VA. Allow VA to accept donations of religious literature, cards and symbols at its facilities and distribute them to VA patrons under appropriate circumstances or to a patron who requests them.
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Lastly, following shocking reports of veterans' deaths due to long patient wait times and hidden waiting lists at VA Medical Centers in Phoenix and elsewhere, Congress created the VA Choice Program – which allows eligible veterans to receive health care from a community provider rather than waiting for a VA appointment or traveling far distances to a VA facility.
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Leading the charge Prostate cancer is the number one cancer for men who seek healthcare at the VA. The person who spearheaded the drive to improve care at VA for prostate cancer patients is former VA Secretary David Shulkin.
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The VA has also recently implemented the MISSION Act, allowing vets to seek care outside of the VA system in the private sector, which the VA says has helped 1213 million veterans obtain care in less than a year.
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"VA takes this matter very seriously as unethical conduct undermines the trust and confidence veterans and the American people have in the good and important work of VA," VA spokesman Henry L. Huntley said in a statement to CNN.
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The Obama administration expanded access to non-VA care in the wake of the 2014 VA scandal, allowing veterans to use their benefits with other local providers if they have to wait too long to see a VA doctor.
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Veronica Escobar (D-Texas), Gil Cisneros (D-Calif.), Bobby Scott (D-Va.), Don Beyer (D-Va.) and Jennifer Wexton (D-Va.), a quintet of lawmakers from Super Tuesday states, all endorsed Biden since his South Carolina victory Saturday night.
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Another drawback is that VA and non-VA hospitals may have reported data to Hospital Compare using different methods, the researchers note.
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"It doesn't mean that we should just dismantle the VA. If you ask veterans, they want to fix the VA," Moulton said.
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As a result, VA has slowed down veterans' referrals for medical appointments outside the VA, thus causing additional delays in needed care.
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So, rather than throwing more money and personnel at yet another failing VA business line, what should Congress and the VA do?
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The House VA Committee advanced the VA Mission Act on a 20-2 vote, but it's a long way from becoming law.
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Having this model will not privatize VA and will only strengthen ties between VA and communities so veterans can be better understood.
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However, a recent move by the VA threatens that and possibly veteran's access to any health-care provider outside the VA system.
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His father is a partner in Sands Anderson, a law firm in Richmond, Va., and manages the firm's office in McLean, Va.
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" David Shulkin, VA Under Secretary for Health, wrote in the VA's response: "I wholeheartedly agree that VA should do all it can to foster open communication between Veterans and their VA providers, including discussion about participation in state marijuana programs.
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"VA has been and will continue to explore a regulatory change that would allow VA to perform gender alteration surgery and a change in the medical benefits package, when appropriated funding is available," the VA said in a statement Monday.
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Like the debate that sparked earlier this week over which electronic health record system to adopt, the VA Choice Care debate on pushing more care outside of VA spans years prior to Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin's leadership.
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Then-VA Secretary Eric ShinsekiEric Ken ShinsekiBill HR 2333 is a good step to helping curb veteran suicide Senate confirms Trump's VA pick despite opposition from some Dems Trump VA pick boosts hopes for reform MORE resigned as a result. Sen.
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"VA has been and will continue to explore a regulatory change that would allow VA to perform gender alteration surgery and a change in the medical benefits package, when appropriated funding is available," the VA said in a statement Monday.
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And with the VA already sending more veterans into the private sector to receive care, it makes no sense for the VA to spend increasing amounts on new construction and hiring more staff — something current VA Secretary David Shulkin has acknowledged.
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But to qualify for benefits a VA doctor must perform an examination, so the veteran must live in a community that has a VA medical facility or embassy to arrange for a VA doctor to examine them and administer benefits.
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In brief, it would: put veterans firmly in control of their own health care at the VA; force the VA to become more patient-centered; and free the VA from the bureaucratic red tape that has stifled reform for years.
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The VA was unaware of Burch's involvement with the National Vietnam Veterans Foundation until a CNN investigation exposed the VA employee in May.
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" Va-Va-Volume "My hair naturally falls into beachy waves, but I also love using a curling wand to get it even bouncier.
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There's something about lacy undergarments that can really get the va-va-voom going in any relationship — even one you haven't started yet.
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All of them were VA patients, and only about 33 percent of them lived less than ten miles from their local VA facility.
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She said the VA showed Steckler as having eight dependents — including two wives — despite their efforts to alert the VA to these errors.
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Our Committee hearing on April 29 will begin this work by learning from VA directly about the most recent suicides at VA hospitals.
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Any bonuses paid out to VA employees could be rescinded if the VA secretary finds that they engaged in fraudulent or wasteful activity.
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In order for VA to provide veterans with the highest quality of care, we must also address the issues plaguing the VA workforce.
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My bipartisan bill would require the VA to install on-site medical waste treatment systems in VA facilities where it would save money.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) could also lend its doctors and facilities for the response if the VA secretary authorizes their use.
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His medical care is covered by the VA. He also is entitled to reside in a VA retirement home should he need caretakers.
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Combined with rampant headlines about negligence, wrongdoing, and unprofessional behavior on the part of VA employees, it's clear the VA needs drastic change.
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The VA told POLITICO that it's not an "investigative agency," and a VA official acknowledged that educational and financial forensics is a weakness.
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It also includes a one-year extension of the VA Choice program, which was the result of the VA health scandal that cost Obama-era Secretary Eric ShinsekiEric Ken ShinsekiBill HR 2333 is a good step to helping curb veteran suicide Senate confirms Trump's VA pick despite opposition from some Dems Trump VA pick boosts hopes for reform MORE his job.
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Some House Democrats warn the VA won&apost be able to handle the costs of the newly combined "community care" program that includes Choice and other VA programs of outside care, putting the VA at risk of unexpected budget shortfalls next year. Rep.
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"Continued delays in the implementation of Forever GI Bill housing provisions and ongoing IT failures at the VA underscore the need for improved oversight of VA functions and demands for greater accountability from VA leaders," Takano said in a statement to Vox.
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The scandal led to the resignation of then-VA secretary Eric ShinsekiEric Ken ShinsekiBill HR 2333 is a good step to helping curb veteran suicide Senate confirms Trump's VA pick despite opposition from some Dems Trump VA pick boosts hopes for reform MORE.
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For example, veterans who are primary caretakers of children need access to child care when they have health-care appointments at the VA. The VA is currently conducting a successful pilot program that makes child care available at some VA medical centers.
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"We're launching the mobile app that will allow VA patients to schedule and change their appointments at VA facilities using their smartphones," Trump said.
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VA Secretary Bob McDonald said the commission's recommendations overlap with some of the strategies the VA has already begun implementing to improve health care.
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Veterans, the VA, and the health care community all agree, we need to give our veterans better access to care in our VA system.
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Veterans freely acknowledge VA has problems, but we overwhelmingly prefer to get our care at VA because it's a system designed to serve us.
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The Mission Act gives the VA Secretary the opportunity to uniquely redesign the VA to serve the needs and objectives of those special beneficiaries.
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The oversimplified version of political medicine at VA is that republicans favor privatizing the VA, whereas democrats favor greater investment in the current system.
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The VA scandal involved VA hospital employees moving patient scheduling off-book for the purpose of making their records qualify for congressionally-mandated bonuses.
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A VA spokesman declined requests from CNN to explain what had led Shulkin and the VA to change positions on the HUD-VASH funding.
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No veteran should feel unwelcome at the VA. This Veterans Day, we call on the VA to recognize she who borne the battle, too.
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In June, Congress passed and the president signed the VA Accountability Act to give the VA secretary more power to discipline or fire employees.
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"VA IT staff appear to be keeping VA employees informed and advised of actions they should take in response to such efforts," Missal wrote.
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But the new VA leadership seems willing to convince VA clinicians to accept the new system even if they do not necessarily like it.
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For example, in 220006, the VA Inspector General issued a report concluding that the backlog of disability claims was longer than VA officials acknowledged.
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In June, the VA announced the firing of three additional senior officials at the Phoenix VA for negligence and lack of oversight of healthcare scheduling.
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Ocasio-Cortez's comments were also leveled as a criticism of the Trump administration's attempts to reform the VA, including policies designed to privatize VA services.
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A dentist at the Tomah VA Medical Center violated VA rules by reusing old medical equipment instead of using sterilized, disposable instruments, according to officials.
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The report sparked fresh anger at the VA wait-time controversy, with Republicans demanding answers and calling for a halt in the VA buying art.
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Regardless of the imperfections and wrongdoings, it's time to reverse course and allow all service members and veterans access to VA and VA community care.
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We give more money to the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) for the same treatments, suggest that VA care is the best, and move on.
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Many were surprised when President Trump nominated Shulkin for VA Secretary, given his previous appointment as VA Under Secretary for Health during the Obama administration.
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It also considered VA health care "minimum essential coverage" and did not make any significant changes to VA health benefits or out-of-pocket costs.
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" VA spokesman Curt Cashour told CNN that Wilkie has had "zero involvement in VA decisions since he returned to the Department of Defense May 30.
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" Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie A VA spokesperson told The Hill that "neither Secretary Wilkie nor anyone else at VA wrote the op-ed.
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November 21, 2017: H.R.1545 - VA Prescription Data Accountability Act 53 This law authorizes the VA to disclose certain patient information to substance monitoring programs.
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The VA internal audit they cite warns the VA will issue $2628 billion in improper payments if their capacity to exercise oversight is not improved.
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Although the new guidelines allow veterans to disclose marijuana use to their VA provider, the VA still labels cannabis use as a substance-use disorder.
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The legislation comes roughly three years after then-VA Secretary Eric ShinsekiEric Ken ShinsekiBill HR 2333 is a good step to helping curb veteran suicide Senate confirms Trump's VA pick despite opposition from some Dems Trump VA pick boosts hopes for reform MORE resigned amid a wide-reaching scandal involving VA employees manipulating data to downplay how long veterans were waiting for medical appointments.
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Across all regions, the VA was consistently better than non-VA facilities on almost every quality measure, the research team reports in Annals of Internal Medicine.
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" In a statement to CNN, the VA Inspector General said: "These reports include recommendations to VA that we believe will address the issues that are substantiated.
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As a unionist and VA employee, our priority is to serve the VA mission as employees and to honor veterans and their families for their sacrifices.
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Despite an increased VA budget, problems at VA facilities from coast-to-coast have worsened under Secretary McDonald since the wait list scandal broke in 220006.
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The VA is currently prohibited from conducting the procedure, but a proposed rule change was denied because of lack of funding, according to a VA spokesperson.
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VA data from earlier this year found that nearly half a million veterans were still waiting for a decision from VA on their disability claims appeals.
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But now, with no stable head of the VA or even a nominee, Rouse said she's concerned that ongoing efforts to reform the VA will slow.
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The law in question, the VA Mission Act, is the replacement to the VA Choice Act, a program first established in 28500 during the Obama administration.
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The VA MISSION Act was developed to better integrate the VA with community health care providers and fix structural issues with the VA's outside care programs.
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The government has also begun publishing wait times online for every VA facility, and delivering same-day emergency mental health services at every VA medical center.
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When veterans with bad paper present at a VA hospital, the VA is supposed to tell them about the application process and set it in motion.
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There are 30 confirmed cases within the VA nationwide as of Monday, and the VA said that as of Friday it has administered 140 tests altogether.
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" -- August 230 energy speech in Monaca, Pennsylvania "You look at the military, you look at what we've done with VA Choice, we had VA Choice approved.
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The pilot, Lt. H. Jay Cullen, 48, of Midlothian, Va., and Berke M. M. Bates, 40, a trooper-pilot of Quinton, Va., died at the scene.
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VA Secretary David Shulkin has admitted medical marijuana might help veterans, but he won't allow VA doctors to officially recommend marijuana until the federal law changes.
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Former VA Secretary Eric ShinsekiEric Ken ShinsekiBill HR 6900 is a good step to helping curb veteran suicide Senate confirms Trump's VA pick despite opposition from some Dems Trump VA pick boosts hopes for reform MORE, a four-star retired Army general, resigned over the controversy.
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In 2002, VA relaxed the evidentiary standards for MST claims, but after noting inconsistent application of its own regulations, in 2011, VA began assigning MST-related claims to specific adjudicators and accordingly, in 2013, VA invited nearly 3,000 veterans whose MST claims were denied to resubmit them.
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The bill signed by Trump in June of 2018, the VA MISSION Act, will consolidate several different VA health programs into the new Veterans Community Care Program.
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"The reports detail for the first time since the Phoenix VA wait-time scandal in 2014 how widespread scheduling manipulation was throughout the VA," USA Today said.
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Phil Roe, R-Tenn THE VA GETS INVOLVED IN LEGAL WEED That could soon change, and advocates may wind up having the VA to thank for it.
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"It was purposeful that he was violating VA regulations," said Victoria Brahm, acting medical director at the Tomah VA Center in a press briefing earlier this week.
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In fact, the Undersecretary for Health at the VA, David Shulkin, M.D., has said in several public forums that there is no VA access problem in anesthesia.
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A soft tulle petticoat gave the dress a whole lot of volume, which amped up the va-va-voom and helped to emphasize those distinct flamenco vibes.
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Supporters of the VA system claim outcomes in VA hospitals are as good as, or better than, outcomes in private hospitals and that the care costs less.
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As Congress and the new administration begin to debate VA healthcare reform this year, "choice" must be considered in the context of the overall VA healthcare system.
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Unfortunately, as many lawmakers continue to clash over the future of VA versus non-VA care, this is an issue that does not receive adequate legislative attention.
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The VA has been under congressional scrutiny since a 2014 scandal over allegations that VA employees conspired to hide long wait times for veterans seeking medical appointments.
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Trump and Shulkin have both spoken about the Veterans Choice Program, which lets veterans who are eligible for VA benefits to receive care outside the VA system.
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A brain child of the Koch funded Conservative Veterans of America, VA privatization has caught fire among conservative groups as the solution to the VA healthcare crisis.
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It was originally a longer skirt that we cut short, and we added sequins to it to just make it more va-va-voom, in a sense.
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"In just three months, the VA investigated and substantiated a majority of the allegations that the VA OIG could not substantiate after several years," the report says.
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"A competitive landscape of virtual assistant (VA) providers has emerged, offering platforms that target different VA use cases, applications and industry verticals," Gartner said in a report.
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The VA conducts burial services for over 130,000 veterans and eligible family members each year, Military Times, which first noted the new guidance, reported, citing VA records.
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Equally important is what this reveals about this administration's goal of shrinking VA by expanding access to community care and closing VA facilities: It's a terrible idea.
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The VA has noted that these policies are meant to clarify previous policies, which they suggest created confusion about the display of religious symbols at VA facilities.
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VA Medical Center deaths The US Department of Veterans Affairs is investigating 11 suspicious deaths at the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia.
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His town, Hampton, Va., is a suburb of Norfolk, Va., and went for Hillary Clinton, but the area is surrounded by counties and cities that voted red.
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Seventy percent do not feel the VA adequately provides women veteran program managers, the staff whose primary role is to help guide women veterans through VA care.
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Despite the enormous influence the VSOs hold over Congress and the VA, Brown, somewhat perplexingly, remains the only VA secretary to come from a service organization background.
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These bills don't address all that is wrong with the culture of the VA, nor do they guarantee that the VA will be the model of effectiveness.
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Gil Cisneros (CA), Jason Crow (CO), Chrissy Houlahan (PA), Elaine Luria (VA), Mikie Sherrill (NJ), Elissa Slotkin (MI), and Abigail Spanberger (VA) wrote in the op-ed.
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VA must decide the claims properly the first time and thus reduce the stress placed on veterans who would otherwise face years of VA paperwork and appeals.
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At the local level, Krawitz believes VA doctors are less likely to line up in support of the new VA policy that encourages discussion of medical marijuana.
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And if the VA can&apost meet those standards, then the veteran can go outside and -- of the VA. And we&aposre also doing a network analysis, in other words, going into communities where VA medical centers and assets are, and saying, what is in the private community, what assets, what doctors does the VA have, and then use the best of both to provide the best care for veterans.
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Veterans Choice aimed to expand veteran's access to health care by increasing the number of medical staff in the VA system as well as allowing those who met certain criteria (either from wait time or distance to a VA facility) to see doctors outside of the VA system.
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Sisley has also countered that the VA isn't barred from merely telling patients about the study if it really wanted to, citing a memo released by the Veterans Health Administration in 2012 which states that VA clinicians can discuss and refer patients to non-VA studies where appropriate.
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She is a daughter of Jeffrey R. Schlegel of Reston, Va., and Claudia B. Schlegel of Alexandria, Va. Her father is a partner at Kaiser Scherer & Schlegel, an accounting firm in McLean, Va. Her mother is an aesthetician and the owner of Lilli Skin Care Studio in Alexandria.
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"These allegations from the VA secretary that the third senior-most official at VA may have been the target of criminals committing fraud and computer intrusion with the intention of harming her reputation, and that these criminal activities took place on VA computers and networks are very serious," Rep.
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A source who met earlier this month with Trump transition officials said the officials prodded leaders of veterans groups on VA health care reform, including privatizing VA services.
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Starting today, VA video will be offered by 300 medical providers at 67 VA hospitals and clinics across the country, with plans to expand the tool after that.
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Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) speaks to reporters after debating her opponent, Democratic candidate LuAnn Bennett, at a Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce event in Leesburg, Va., on Thursday.
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Clinton's plan passively references reforming the VA without any mention of increasing the firing authority that has stymied the current and past VA secretaries from removing incompetent officials.
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"We will keep passing reforms, but what the VA truly needs – and what our veterans truly deserve – is a sweeping change of culture at the VA," he said.
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While U.S. international medical school graduates (USIMGs) like myself are permitted to work as residents in VA hospitals, we are prohibited from training in clerkships at VA hospitals.
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So even if the VA system remained in place, Medicare for All would still threaten the millions of veterans who have access to both the VA and TRICARE.
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Overriding this VA regulation, in 85033, Congress authorized VA to cover assisted reproductive technology for veterans and their spouses solely when a service-connected disability caused the infertility.
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A 2014 VA study found that an average of 85033 veterans a day commit suicide, and six out of every 20 veterans who commit suicide utilize VA services.
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As a recent Annals of Internal Medicine article highlighted, VA hospitals often perform at least as well as non-VA hospitals and in certain markets, performed even better.
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"Overall, VA, with the support of Congress and both past and current administrations, have significantly decreased the number of veterans prescribed opioids within the VA system," Mullen said.
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But a new private partnership is proving controversial among VA loyalists who view the agreement as a Trojan horse to accelerate the privatization of the entire VA system.
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" In the report detailing the troubling conditions at the VA hospital, Missal faults "failed leadership at multiple levels within VA that put patients and assets ... at unnecessary risk.
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"If somebody who works at the VA is bad to the people of the VA … we look at them and we say, 'you're fired' that's it," Trump said.
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Since June, the VA Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection has fielded more than 1,000 complaints about operations at the VA, according to statistics compiled by the office.
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Last month, eight of the largest veteran service organizations in the country spoke out against a proposal by the VA Commission on Care — the group created to develop recommendations for improving access to quality VA healthcare — that would dismantle the VA and sell it off to private for-profit hospitals.
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Jeff MillerJefferson (Jeff) Bingham MillerAn effective public service announcement can prevent vet suicides Empower the VA with the tools to help our veterans Amazon taps Trump ally to lobby amid Pentagon cloud-computing contract fight MORE for VA. The Hill: Senators hope Trump's next VA pick will be less controversial.
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Last month, eight of the largest veterans' service organizations in the country spoke out against a proposal by the VA Commission on Care — the group created to develop recommendations for improving access to quality VA healthcare — that would dismantle the VA and sell it off to private, for-profit hospitals.
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"These provisions will make it more difficult for VA to attract the top talent that is needed to serve veterans, limit the rights of VA employees and senior executives, and set back the work done by VA to rebuild veterans' trust," the White House said in a Statement of Administration Policy.
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"These allegations from the VA Secretary that the third-senior most official at VA may have been the target of criminals committing fraud and computer intrusion with the intent of harming her reputation, and that these criminal activities took place on VA computers and networks are very serious," Walz wrote.
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The new law easing restrictions on private care gives the VA secretary wide authority to decide when veterans can bypass the VA, based on whether they receive "quality" care.
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McDonald addressed some of those concerns Monday morning saying a previous goal set by the VA of seeing patients within 14 days led to confusion within the VA itself.
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The legislation aims to steer more patients to the private sector to relieve pressure at VA hospitals, thus improving veterans care at VA facilities and with private providers alike.
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Not only did she put the va-va-voom in the rock-'n'-roll-tinged collection, but Huntington-Whiteley even got in on the art direction behind the scenes.
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This still image taken from the Richmond, Va., Police body camera shows a police officer pointing his gun at Marcus-David Peters on May 14, 2018, in Richmond, Va.
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She's been more goth and ethereal than glam and va-va-voom at big events, so while it's a shock to see the new length, it's not entirely surprising.
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This bill would bring comprehensive accountability to the VA.
Under McDonald, the VA developed a track record of stonewalling Congressional oversight committees and not providing timely and accurate data.
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It's a solution he brought to the table, he says, because no one at the El Paso VA or even at the VA headquarters in Washington seemed to care.
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Coates testified he was dying of cancer because the procedure was delayed at several VA facilities, including the William Jennings Bryan Dorn VA Medical Center in Columbia, South Carolina.
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If you cannot even define the VA correctly, it is likely the campaign is not hiring veterans on staff to manage messaging and evaluate the VA reform proposals closely.
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Some of the names on his VA transition team, like BG(ret) Mike Meese, give me hope that the VA will start off on the right foot in 2017.
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Teigen is the new face of Tresemmé — specifically a line of shampoo and conditioner called Beauty-Full Volume that you apply in reverse order for extra va-va-voom.
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The average cost per year in the VA comprehensive caregiver program is $85033,770, whereas it costs taxpayers $332,756 annually per veteran to receive care in a VA nursing home.
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Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) speaks to reporters after debating her opponent, Democratic candidate LuAnn Bennett, at a Loudoun County Chamber of Commerce event in Leesburg, Va., on Oct. 28503.
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Half a million veterans who were denied benefits are waiting for VA to resolve their appeals, not reset how long they've been waiting so VA can falsely declare victory.
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He blamed the findings on an internal rebellion by some Trump appointees, and reports surfaced that two senior VA officials tried to oust the VA chief late last year.
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But until Congress and VA leadership take seriously the need for an accountable VA that serves the needs of veterans over the demands of special interests, little will change.
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The legal team for Mr. Manafort, President Trump's former campaign chairman, asked a federal judge to move the trial from Alexandria, Va., to Roanoke, Va., about 240 miles away.
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They all sought care at a VA health facility, which may mean they're sicker than other veterans who were not treated within the VA system, the study team notes.
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She is the daughter of Milvia D. Timm and Mark A. Timm of Gainesville, Va. The bride's father is an analyst, in Manassas, Va., at the Department of Justice.
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"The president is glad for the job that [Shulkin]'s been doing in reforming the VA and modernizing the VA," White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said Thursday.
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Many of the counts in both the VA and DC indictments have state law counterparts that can be charged in NY and VA, where Trump had no pardon power.
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As the VA proposal nears the conclusion of its public commenting period on July 25, I urge the VA, leaders in Congress, and other stakeholders to support this policy.
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Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie: "Neither Secretary Wilkie nor anyone else at VA wrote the op-ed," VA spokesperson Curtis Cashour told CNN, also pointing to Sanders' tweet.
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" Sherri Williams, 60 Leesburg, Va. _____ "I love Hillary.
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Miller has also long backed a provision central to Trump's plans to reform the VA, one that would allow veterans to access private health care with a veteran's card if they cannot be accommodated quickly enough at a VA facility, even if they live near a VA center -- a provision many veterans services organizations have either opposed or expressed skepticism about, questioning the cost and the impact on VA-run health care.
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Just a few days prior, our group — the White Coat Waste Project — filed a complaint with the VA inspector general documenting accountability and transparency failures at the McGuire VA Medical Center in Richmond, Va. Among other things, we outlined how a VA experimenter — who is also a physician at the facility — had repeatedly killed hound puppies by horribly botching surgeries and almost killed another with a sedative overdose and negligent post-op treatment.
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This year, working with the new Veterans Affairs secretary, David ShulkinDavid Jonathon ShulkinPress: Acosta, latest to walk the plank Senior Trump administration official to leave post next week Trump sent policy pitch from Mar-a-Lago member to VA secretary: report MORE, House Republicans have sought to right this ship by giving the VA enhanced hiring and firing authority and reforming the VA Choice program, which allows veterans to seek care outside VA facilities.
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This would connect more veterans with the care they need in a timely manner, and it would take volume off of an overburdened VA. This extension of the Choice Program isn't the only good news for vets: The VA Accountability First Act would (as the name of the legislation implies) empower the VA Secretary to remove, demote, or suspend any VA employee, including Senior Executive Service employees, for substandard performance or misconduct.
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Robert Wilkie has actually been running the VA for months, since his predecessor, David Shulkin, was fired, but Trump officially nominated him to officially lead the VA on May 18.
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Congress has been considering a bipartisan solution — investing money in the existing VA while also giving veterans options to go to private doctors when the VA can't meet their needs.
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Given the growth in disability roles both at the VA and in other government programs, it is surprising that VA has not been more engaged on this troubling economic development.
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VA MISSION Act of 85033 gives the VA Secretary the authority to set access standards that can help with general medical services by reimbursing private insurers and providers more easily.
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A House panel on Tuesday advanced a massive reform package for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that would overhaul access to private sector care outside the VA health system.
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I support these candidates based on their record of service to the VA community, and for taking bold positions on key issues that senior VA leadership and unions staunchly oppose.
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VA recently released its access standards for community care, which, pursuant to the MISSION Act, expand the circumstances under which a veteran would be eligible for non-VA health care.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A counterprotester who wielded an improvised flamethrower in a dramatic confrontation at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Va., was charged with assault and battery, the police said.
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President Donald Trump's former VA Secretary, David Shulkin, previously told CNN that were he still running the VA, he would have already issued the directive in response to the coronavirus.
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Mr. Beasley was raised in Lynchburg, Va., and members of his family still own a farm a couple of hours south, in Valentines, Va., where the crop has been grown.
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Rather than focus on the issues, they denigrated and misrepresented my organization and other supporters of reforming the VA, saying we in effect advocated privatizing the VA. That's completely untrue.
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"Si tiene un sabor extraordinario, intensidad y limpieza, y se consume al fuego", dijo, "va a mejorar y realzar ese platillo, va a volverlo más intenso y ampliar sus sabores".
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The VA is simultaneously condemning marijuana and telling veterans to be open about their marijuana use with VA providers, and many veterans simply avoid cannabis altogether because of the confusion.
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But, unlike Obama, within his first six months in office, Trump implemented his promise to reform the VA by signing the bipartisan VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act of 2017.
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The measure will strengthen the VA by modernizing the department and freeing up the VA health system to concentrate on its original purpose: Caring for veterans with service-connected disabilities.
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If the VA is wants to be viewed as inclusive, the tone has to be set at the top by action from the VA Secretary and supported by the president.
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The Trump administration and the next VA secretary will inherit many challenges in continuing to reform the VA. They will also inherit the opportunity to do what no modern president has done: fix the VA. Candidate Trump often said on the campaign trail that veterans' issues were a priority of his campaign.
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And the VA is an early mover in telehealth innovations: For instance, in early January, the agency launched a first-of-its-kind telehealth clinic that enabled oncologists at a VA-operated medical center in Pittsburgh, PA to provide chemotherapy to patients at a VA clinic over 100 miles away in central Pennsylvania.
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That includes veterans who've been dishonorably discharged, and veterans' family members — two groups the VA legally isn't allowed to serve — as well as veterans who may not feel an affinity with the VA. But Suzanne Gordon, a veterans healthcare expert, thinks CVN could end up diverting resources away from the VA itself.
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WHITE WITH B.A. OR HIGHER Alexandria city, Va. 33% 79% –173 Arlington, Va. 43 –42 85 Montgomery, Md. 71 –37 35 Fairfax, Va. 35 –36 71 MEDIAN NONWHITE B.A. OR HIGHER NATIONWIDE: 173% ATLANTA REGION Nonwhites have degrees at higher rates than whites in only 10 out of the same 750 counties.
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A whistleblower came forward Friday accusing leaders of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) of seeking damaging information on a woman who alleged she was sexually assaulted at a VA facility.
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The VA initially named the facility's chief of staff as the acting medical director but reversed that decision later Wednesday and named Lawrence Connell, a VA policy adviser, to the position.
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Maybe. Tucked into the Senate's 2016 omnibus budget bill was a provision that instructed the VA to recognize state medical marijuana laws and allow VA doctors to recommend marijuana to patients.
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Earlier this week, officials said a dentist at the Tomah VA Medical Center improperly re-used his own dental equipment instead of using the sterilized, disposable tools as VA rules require.
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Since the Phoenix VA wait list scandal broke nearly three years ago, there remains in many parts of the VA a toxic culture that is driven by a lack of accountability.
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Fortunately for the public, the VA and the veterans they serve, VA employees have basic rights and protections offered through their union contract and the Civil Service Reform Act of 28503.
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Since their partnership began, Watson and the VA have worked with over 2,700 veterans, and the announcement today will enable VA oncologists to use Watson's genomics technology through at least 2019.
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TRUMP SIGNS VA ORDER: President Trump on Thursday signed an executive order to create the Office of Accountability and Whistleblower Protection, a new office within the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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President Trump said he fired David Shulkin as VA secretary because he wasn't moving quickly enough to ensure veterans have more flexibility to get VA-sponsored care in the private sector.
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Johnny Isakson, chair of the VA Committee, who watched Trump's last pick for the top VA job withdraw after facing a variety of complaints about his personal and professional conduct. Sen.
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The VA has been plagued by scandals recently, most notably in 2014 when long wait times for medical care at VA hospitals were reported, and employees attempted to cover them up.
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The ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs wrote to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie on Wednesday, demanding any and all communications between VA officials and Perlmutter, Moskowitz and Sherman.
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If VA is unable to provide timely access to in-house providers with needed expertise, the recently-signed VA MISSION Act will ensure no veteran experiences delays in accessing needed care.
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Democrats and veterans' advocacy groups are concerned that the White House is taking calls for privatizing the VA system seriously, but the VA has denied that there is any such push.
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Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), who sits on the VA Committee, told The Hill this week that Jackson "doesn't have the experience you'd think would traditionally be required at the VA." Sen.
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You can also look into VA loans if you are a veteran — the VA doesn't set a minimum credit score, but lenders typically prefer borrowers with at least a 620 score.
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Vitality index Loudoun County, Va. Doing better Trump vote share in 2016 +3 Less dense More dense Arlington County, Va. 0.13 40 50 60 70% Doing worse +2 Elbert County, Colo.
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The VA has stated that the policy is administratively burdensome and costly and is causing large businesses to leave the VA market without providing any empirical data to substantiate their concerns.
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The 2018 Veterans Administration (VA) has a medical budget of about $86 billion, more than 14 times that of IHS (The VA serves a population about four times greater than IHS).
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"…I have heard almost nothing about what it's concretely doing to protect whistleblowers, making the VA a culture where employees feel comfortable raising concerns, and improving the quality of VA healthcare."
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President-elect Trump spent the Christmas holidays pondering his choice for a new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary while his transition team formulates plans to make the VA great again.
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We want veterans to be able to work with their VA physicians to make informed decisions that are best for their clinical needs, whether in the VA or in the community.
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However, a majority of national veteran suicide research only focuses on veterans who were honorably discharged and are associated with the VA, which typically means they qualify to receive VA services.
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"This was time that should have been spent conducting official VA business and not providing personal travel concierge services to Secretary Shulkin and his wife," VA Inspector General Michael Missal wrote.
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"Under President Trump, VA won't wait to take necessary action when it comes to improving the department and its service to Veterans," Curt Cashour, a VA spokesperson, told the Washington Post.
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. — Joey Logano offers understanding, but no apologies.
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PART-TIME – FAIRFAX, VA – Thursday & Friday from 3 p.m.
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PART-TIME – FAIRFAX, VA – Every Saturday from 9 a.m.
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PART-TIME – SPRINGFIELD, VA – Every Sunday from 9 a.m.
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PART-TIME – ARLINGTON, VA – Every Sunday from 9 a.m.
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" — Campaign rally in Ashburn, Va. "You have 2,000 miles.
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PART-TIME – ARLINGTON, VA – Every Sunday from 8 a.m.
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PART-TIME – ARLINGTON, VA – Every Saturday from 8 a.m.
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PART-TIME – ARLINGTON, VA – Every Sunday from 2202 a.m.
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MIDLOTHIAN, Va. — Lisette Johnson had been a lifelong Republican.
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Jeion Ward ....................................... Va. Randi Weingarten ............................. N.Y. Alexis Wiley ....................................... Mich.
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Leopoldo Martinez ............................ Va. Robert Martinez ............................... Md. Mahlon Mitchell ................................. Wis.
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VA Secretary Robert WilkieRobert Leon WilkieOvernight Defense: US deploys low-yield nukes on submarines | Watchdog warns Iraq withdrawal 'likely' means ISIS resurgence | What to watch in Trump's State of the Union Overnight Defense: VA deputy secretary fired | Impeachment trial winds down with closing arguments | Pentagon watchdog to probe use of cancer-linked chemical No. 2 VA official fired MORE has committed to change the culture of the VA to one that more fully integrates veteran caregivers.
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One reason for this is the estimated 1,400 unfilled positions at VA hospitals across the country, which could eventually be filled by future USIMGs if they were given an early exposure to the VA. If we're going to get these brave veterans the care they deserve, the VA should change their policy on clinical rotations.
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He is a son of Joyce A. Slye of Lakeridge, Va., and H. Ray Slye of Leesburg, Va. Mr. Slye's mother, who is retired, was a supervising manager of the service department at Canon in Arlington, Va. His father is the president of the All Seasons Corporation, a commercial real estate cleaning company in Leesburg.
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The mascara, which just launched last month, promises to give lashes va-va-voom factor with just one coat — and the more you build, the more dramatic and longer your lashes get.
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Altogether they assessed 135 VA hospitals and 2,988 non-VA hospitals using Hospital Compare, a public database that ranks hospitals on quality measures like mortality rates for common diseases and preventable complications.
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Greyhound canceled service between New York and Washington, Philadelphia and Norfolk, Va.; Philadelphia and Washington and Pittsburgh; Washington and Richmond, Va., and Pittsburgh; Richmond and Fayetteville and Charlotte, N.C., and Knoxville, Tenn.
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Jeff Miller, not only critiqued the Phoenix VA for a lack of improvement in the last two years, but he also exhorted the inspector general's report for not holding VA officials accountable.
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In December 2014, Marcel Bonn-Miller, a longtime cannabis researcher at the VA in Palo Alto, California, sent a casual email to the head of research at the VA in Phoenix, Arizona.
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It created a partnership between VA and community care providers that gives Veterans a choice to seek care from a community provider when VA is unable to deliver timely quality care directly.
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The details: USA Today reviewed confidential records from 2014 and 2015 — around the time the VA was engulfed in a scandal over veterans who had died waiting for care at VA facilities.
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Among officials receiving bonuses: the former chief of staff at the ever-failing Phoenix VA and the executive director of VA's Office of Construction who oversaw the Denver VA hospital construction fiasco.
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In October, he outlined a plan to allow competition between VA facilities and non-VA hospitals, saying he would allow any veteran to see a doctor that accepts Medicare and receive care.
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With a new president, VA Secretary and Congress in place, it's critical that any debate over "choice" consider the cost, impact on VA and the resulting consequences for veterans, particularly disabled veterans.
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Once a bed finally opened up, we were able to get Moore to the Chillicothe VA; where thanks to their familiarity with veterans such as him, the VA doctors quickly stabilized him.
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However, before you judge the VA too harshly, note that minimal research is being conducted at settings outside of the VA system, and thus this disparity of care may be occurring nationwide.
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"A purchase card is similar to a credit card and has a preset monetary limit used to pay for goods or services for official VA use," a VA spokesman told The Hill.
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Matthew D. Holland, M.D. is a Pain Management specialist at National Spine & Pain Centers in Charlottesville, VA, and Harrisonburg, VA, where naloxone co-prescribing laws have been successfully in effect since March.
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These potential candidates have strong practical experience working on VA issues in Congress, and share a similar reform ideology that would focus on making VA care more timely and efficient for veterans.
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While appeals modernization was being negotiated, VA stated that it could not move legacy appeals into the new system because VA would have to re-adjudicate them and provide a proper notice.
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Trump's comments regarding the VA have made it clear he supports removing bad employees, and the days of "VA apologizing", while not fixing the problems they are apologizing for may be over.
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Coupled with billions of dollars in emergency funding — such as $2.5 billion allocated to the VA by Congress to pay for new staff in 2015 — the VA is swimming in taxpayer money.
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Sanders did later acknowledge the severity of problems at the Phoenix VA and others and worked with members of the House VA committee to pass the Veterans Access, Choice and Accountability Act.
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As a member of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, which is tasked with overseeing our VA hospitals, public health security is an issue I've been working on within the VA system.
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In its 2008 military budget, Congress mandated that the Pentagon and VA work together to fix the problem, and that the armed forces follow the VA ratings schedule when determining soldiers' status.
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The court came to a unanimous decision that not only was the VA disregarding VETS First, but in moving forward, the department's "rule of two" should be used for all VA procurements.
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Leaders in both houses of Congress joined in a letter Thursday requesting an explanation as to why the VA removed Bibles from a POW/MIA table inside a number of VA clinics.
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Es aleccionador poder crear un momento como ese, porque muchas veces sabes que la gente va a decir: "Es una película de mujeres y a los hombres no les va a interesar".
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The Veterans Increased Choice for Transplanted Organs and Recovery allows veterans to seek VA transplant care at one of the more than 200 non-VA federally certified transplant centers near their home.
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Underlying the political jockeying within the VA is a policy debate that could change the face of health care for the roughly 9 million veterans the VA health care system currently serves.
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Trump campaigned on the promise of working to improve the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and on Saturday signed the VA Choice and Quality Employment Act from his New Jersey golf club.
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Soon after, other scandals at VA facilities across the country revealed the appalling quality of care many veterans were receiving and exposed rampant dysfunction at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — A man who has voiced racist and pro-Nazi views faces the possibility of life in prison in the death of a woman during clashes in Charlottesville, Va., in August.
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Of approximately 42,000 SCI/D veterans in this country, only about 12,000 receive specialized care in VA. This means the overwhelming majority are either receiving sub-optimal care elsewhere, going without annual exams and preventative screenings, don't know they are eligible for VA specialized care, or have been discouraged by the lack of access to VA care.
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After Secretary David Shulkin realized that he couldn't immediately remove an employee who had been caught watching pornography during work hours with a VA patient, he issued a statement late Friday afternoon demanding that Congress pass legislation that would remove the red tape and bureaucratic barriers that prevent VA leaders from quickly firing bad VA employees.
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Just two weeks ago, a veteran died by suicide in the parking lot of a North Carolina VA medical center, adding to a string of similar incidents — according to VA data obtained by The Washington Post, nineteen suicides occurred on VA property between October 22019 and November 2018, and five more have occurred so far in 2019.
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VA Secretary David ShulkinDavid Jonathon ShulkinPress: Acosta, latest to walk the plank Senior Trump administration official to leave post next week Trump sent policy pitch from Mar-a-Lago member to VA secretary: report MORE reportedly told those on the call that the money for the program would now go to VA hospitals for use as they see fit.
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Its ultimate goal is to improve access to care while expanding the health care options available to veterans through the VA. The VA MISSION Act was a commonsense approach to VA health care reform after years of policies that have fallen short and we at Concerned Veterans for America (CVA) are proud to have supported it.
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She is the daughter of Martha A. Greene-Workman and Marcus O. Workman of Poquoson, Va. The bride's father retired as a chemistry professor at Thomas Nelson Community College in Newport News, Va. Her mother is a clinical psychologist at the Riverside Behavioral Center in Hampton, Va. The groom, also 31, graduated with distinction from Cornell.
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Mr. Manierre, 27, is a certified financial planner at UBS bank in Vienna, Va. He is the son of Elizabeth R. Manierre and Mr. Manierre Sr. of The Plains, Va. The groom's mother retired as a curator for the National Sporting Library & Museum in Middleburg, Va. His father, also retired, owned Landmark Logworks, a woodworking company in The Plains.
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Ronny Jackson to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) after firing David ShulkinDavid Jonathon ShulkinPress: Acosta, latest to walk the plank Senior Trump administration official to leave post next week Trump sent policy pitch from Mar-a-Lago member to VA secretary: report MORE, a holdover from the Obama administration who was promoted to VA chief under Trump.
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"Because of our partnership with the VA, every dollar we deploy results in a veteran housed in long-term HUD-VA housing, which has a 91% success rate keeping them housed," Leslie added.
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Giving the look some extra va va voom, she wore her hair down and opted for a smokey eye look, accessorizing the outfit with a black cross necklace, heels and a small bag.
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As a solution, the commission recommends establishing a "VHA Care System," which would function as a network of VA, Department of Defense and VA-approved private healthcare providers available to all enrolled veterans.
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Jason Merritt/Getty; Frazer Harrison/Getty Turner turned up the va-va-volume with her take on the playful updo, opting for teased tresses at the crown and mega body in the back.
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Apple partners with VA to bring Health Records to veterans The deal will allow the veterans to view their medical information across participating institutions, including the VA, organized in the Apple Health app.
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The VA has been criticized for years for failing to quickly fire problematic employees, but lawmakers have been unable to decide how the VA secretary can best manage and quickly remove lackluster employees.
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Some would like to end the new public-private partnership and just return to the old ways of doing things at VA. Others would like to totally privatize VA. Both miss the mark.
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Trump has released a 10-point plan to "make the VA great again" that includes making it easier to fire VA officials involved in wrongdoing and expanding veterans' choices to use private healthcare.
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Va.), Bob Casey (Pa.) and Mark Warner (Va.) pledged to block the Senate from passing any bills by unanimous consent until it addresses legislation to protect retired coal miners' pension and healthcare benefits.
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The VA scandal during the Obama administration engulfed the department, leading to the resignation of Secretary Eric Shinseki after CNN uncovered the existence of a secret scheduling list at the VA in Phoenix.
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While bookkeeping issues and lack of transparency make it difficult to compare costs between VA and non-VA systems, a 2009 study found that VHA's costs were "considerably higher" than the private sector.
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"VA is so fragmented that it is almost impossible to correct an error in the underlying facts before VA turns the case over for collection," said Douglas Rosinski, a lawyer who represents veterans.
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Central to the debate is figuring out how to provide veterans having difficulty accessing the VA with quality choices while ensuring that any choice program fits into the bigger picture of VA healthcare.
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These changes to VA lending aim to eradicate "loan churning," a practice whereby lenders repeatedly refinance VA-guaranteed mortgages, often without credit underwriting, in search of reductions to the veteran's monthly mortgage payment.
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It would also launch a review of VA facilities with an eye toward closing under-performing institutions and would expand a VA caregivers program to cover the families of pre-9/11 veterans.
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On Friday, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary David Shulkin is slated to announce new technology reforms at the VA. "Government needs to catch up with the technology revolution," Trump said on Monday.
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Throughout the current Congress, Tester has authored and Trump has signed eight separate bills pertaining to the VA, including the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, and the Veterans Choice Program Improvement Act.
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The VA Mission Act of 2018 invests in improving the VA health care system to provide the access that veterans deserve when and where they need it, while easing the burden on caregivers.
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With issues such as alleged drug theft at VA facilities to potential improper handling of veterans healthcare applications, VA oversight should, practically speaking, remain a pressing issue for members of the 115th Congress.
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"We will not dismantle or privatize the VA. We will expand and improve the VA," Sanders, a U.S. senator and a former chairman of the Senate's Veterans' Affairs Committee, said in a statement.
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In fact, those arguments have raised the question of whether hyper vigilance for full privatization — the one thing the VA needs least — has inadvertently stifled the one thing the VA needs most: innovation.
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I've also seen doctors at multiple VA facilities — from Louisville, Ky., and Fayetteville, N.C., to Washington, D.C. — and, like her, I was one of the first patients to utilize the VA Choice program.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently released the draft access standards that will define how veterans will be able to access health care under the VA MISSION Act's new community care program.
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"We request an explanation as to why the Bibles were removed from the three VA facilities," Lankford, Forbes, and dozens of other lawmakers wrote Thursday in a letter to VA Secretary Robert McDonald.
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Eric ShinsekiEric Ken ShinsekiBill HR 85033 is a good step to helping curb veteran suicide Senate confirms Trump's VA pick despite opposition from some Dems Trump VA pick boosts hopes for reform MORE.
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He also released a 10-point plan to "make the VA great again" that includes making it easier to fire VA officials involved in wrongdoing and expanding veterans' choices to use private healthcare.
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Unfortunately, the actions of the Department of Justice and Secretary McDonald show that we are moving backward on VA accountability at a time when increased VA accountability has never been more needed. Rep.
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The legislation would provide federal grants to community-based, non-VA entities that offer suicide prevention services, particularly to veterans who are not enrolled in VA health care or live in rural areas.
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The effort to bring electronic health records to the VA and a push to make it easier for veterans to see doctors outside the VA system are aimed at improving access to care.
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O'Rourke also interviewed a prominent whistleblower, Katherine Mitchell, a physician who has testified before Congress about threats to patient care at the Phoenix VA and is well-connected to dozens of VA whistleblowers.
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The report found that at least three program offices directly under current VA Secretary David Shulkin's watch knew of "serious, persistent deficiencies" when he was VA undersecretary of health from 2015 to 2016.
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He graduated from Randolph–Macon College in Ashland, Va. He is a son of Anna Dalton Lane of Richmond, and Gregory T. Lane of Mechanicsville, Va., and a stepson of Kristi C. Lane.
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The probe comes as the US Justice Department is investigating suspicious deaths of 11 patients at a different VA hospital in the same state -- the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg.
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CreditCreditBrian Palmer Richmond, Va. — To get to East End Cemetery in Henrico County, Va., an abandoned African-American graveyard, my wife, Erin, and I drive through a predominantly black Richmond neighborhood — our neighborhood.
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Yes, it is true that Miller has often criticized the VA, but his criticisms often stemmed from frustration when VA staff – including Secretary Bob McDonald who Sims praises – failed to cooperate or negotiate.
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"Trump has some good intentions when it comes to the VA," one researcher said, noting the VA is one of the "very few lucky departments" that gets an increase in Trump's budget proposal.
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"The vets-- the VA was in horrible shape," said Trump.
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The American Staffordshire Terrier, Denglinger Pub Ltd, Fairfax, VA, 1989.
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We passed VA Choice so they could see their doctor.
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Va., said, "I think his statements definitely" are of concern.
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Their experiences with the VA are common among military veterans.
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El analista Alejandro Hope, cree que eso va a suceder.
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Additionally, refinances for FHA and VA loans jumped by 11%.
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Arlington, Va., and San Antonio abandoned plans for streetcar lines.
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The family sued the VA and that claim was settled.
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Las Vegas Philadelphia Virginia Beach, Va. Columbus, Oh. Memphis, Tenn.
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"My mother is running for Congress in VA," tweeted Wilde.
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Jason Simcakoski died at the Tomah VA facility in 2014
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But the idea for the VA will create access standards.
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The school, in Lynchburg, Va., was founded by the Rev.
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RESTON, Va., July 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- STG Group, Inc.
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NORFOLK, Va., July 07, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- PRA Group, Inc.
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It is an area known as Rosslyn, Va., not Rosyln.
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The VA said it is already moving in this direction.
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"There's a conflict of interest within the VA," Coughlin says.
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Timothy Kaine (Va.), our presumptive presidential and vice presidential nominees.
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Tim Kaine (Va.) called Wednesday's press conference "surreal," and Sen.
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Dave Brat (R-Va.) — is already vowing to do so.
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Officials previously said he worked at a nearby VA hospital.
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The VA has said art helps create a healing environment.
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VA waiting lists were at the top of our concerns.
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We're not invested in the VA. We are old now.
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Far too often, the VA struggles to fulfill its mission.
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Alan Lowenthal (Calif.), Don Beyer (Va.) and Ted Deutch (Fla.).
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Barbara Comstock (Va.), Mike Coffman (Colo.) and John Katko (N.
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Right across the street was the Providence VA Medical Center.
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Norman visited the Redskins' complex in Ashburn, Va., on Friday.
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Rader, from Alexandria, Va., died in January at age 100.
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There is nothing particularly inspiring about a VA medical center.
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"Evil Ways" and "Oye Como Va," they were outside songs.
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The VA has declined to comment on the matter. Rep.
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The ill effect would come later, from the VA nod.
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PART-TIME – AWAKE OVERNIGHT – ARLINGTON, VA – Thursday from 11 p.m.
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Loudoun County, Va., $144.7 million of general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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Va.) betting ObamaCare will save him (The New York Times).
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Essentially, Shulkin is guiding the VA through an identity crisis.
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First, VA has a cultural problem, not a legislative one.
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Ruth Inge Hardison was born in Portsmouth, Va., on Feb.
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In recent years, the VA has been engulfed in scandal.
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Today, he kicked a baby out of a VA rally.
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Fairfax County, Va., $276.1 million of sewer revenue refinancing bonds.
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The legislation includes $5.2 billion for the VA choice program.
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ARLINGTON, Va. — Nineteen rows down and 20 to the right.
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Va.) and Doug Jones (Ala.) — will also be watched closely.
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This time three men in Norfolk, Va., were badly wounded.
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I asked them about their experiences with the VA system.
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Why is she still working for the VA at all?
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It likely includes underage drinking in violation of VA law.
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But recently, the VA made a decision that deserves praise.
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The trial in Alexandria, Va., is set to begin Tuesday.
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Abigail Spanberger (Va.), Mike Sherrill (Mich.) and Jason Crow (Colo.).
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They will also both work in Cozen's Richmond, Va., office.
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Go deeper: Trump finally losing patience with VA Sec. Shulkin.
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He was appointed in 2015, after the VA scandal broke.
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"Una nunca sabe cuándo lo va a necesitar", dice ella.
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The VA ultimately declared him a 90 percent disabled veteran.
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But the VA system looks at much more than that.
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VA secretaries typically receive strong bipartisan support in their confirmation.
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C.) Steve Stivers (Ohio) Scott Taylor (Va.) Claudia Tenney (N.
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Officially, the VA denies that burn pit exposure is harmful.
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JOEL KOVARSKY, CROZET, VA. The writer is a retired rheumatologist.
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It happened one night in Sterling, Va., at age 26.
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" — Speech in Richmond, Va. "The wall is probably $8 billion.
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They've been trying to pass VA Choice for four decades.
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Even my brother in Arlington, Va., had seen his comments.
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Md. W.Va. 193 Va. 219 Ky. Mo. N.C. Tenn. ARK.
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The VA just slams the door in the veteran's face.
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This problem should be easy for the VA to fix.
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"Pero estamos preocupados por lo que Trump va a hacer".
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He was wounded near Richmond, Va., and was soon discharged.
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PART-TIME – FAIRFAX, VA – Monday thru Friday from 6 a.m.
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LEESBURG, Va. — Gina Anders knows the feeling well by now.
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Catron's brother, Scott, is a longtime VA Special Olympics athlete.
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Ga. 1.7 +9.3 Alaska 1.7 S.D. +8.4 Va. 1.7 Del.
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DEBORAH RIMMER LESERCENTREVILLE, VA. The writer is a registered nurse.
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Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) — as well as Sen.
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That's far from the VA leadership's promise to clean house.
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These are the kind of significant reforms the VA needs.
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You can find them at the VA hospitals, veteran homes.
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The Tomah VA were enabling these guys to become addicts.
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It's better for VA and America that he not prevail.
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CAROLYN ALDIGÉ President and Founder Prevent Cancer Foundation Alexandria, Va.
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The next three VA Secretaries all resigned due to scandal.
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Prince William County, Va., $2100 million of debt securities. Competitive.
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They were all in evidence in Charlottesville, Va., on Aug.
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Ian P. McLaughlin, 29, of Newport News, Va., and Pfc.
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Henrico County, Va., $2403.1 million of general obligation refinancing bonds.
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Caroline D., Fredericksburg, Va. Caroline D.: Great way to upcycle!
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The VA payments would total at least $177,000, Hansen said.
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To be sure, the VA is in an unenviable spot.
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That report found that the VA secretary misused government resources.
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Ronny Jackson to lead the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).
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Trump nominated Jackson to serve as Veterans Affairs (VA) secretary.
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Raul Grijalva (Ariz.) and Donald McEachin (Va.), according to CNN.
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The VA does not need tinkering with individual problem areas.
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The VA inspector general reportedly opened 85033 probes from Oct.
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Carole Williams, Richmond, Va. Diamonds were never my best friend.
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He is chief editor of the VA watchdog website DisabledVeterans.
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After the arrests outside the church in Alexandria, Va., Gov.
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After the VA moved to fire the doctor, he resigned.
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Dave Brat (Va.), Gary Palmer (Ala.) and Mark Sanford (S.
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FBI agents also raided Manafort's Alexandria, Va., home last July.
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Mark Warner (Va.) and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), and Republican Sen.
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Va.), Bob MenendezRobert (Bob) MenendezPelosi warns Mnuchin to stop 'illegal' .
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"Tone deaf" was Scalise's description of the VA chief's remark.
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Opinion ROANOKE, Va. — On March 18, 1991, my life changed.
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It became the animating philosophy in the Charlottesville, Va., attack.
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The name — pronounced va-LAY-shuh — signifies nothing in English.
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"I experienced what can never be duplicated in the private sector_the communal aspect of VA," said Wilkie, pointing to his time as the son of an Army artillery commander and as acting VA secretary.
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Mark Takano, House Veterans Affairs Committee chairman and Goldstein's boss, asked the VA inspector general to review the allegation against Wilkie after getting information from a senior VA official, according to The Washington Post.
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There is, however, one major wellspring of potential volunteers the team could recruit from: The patients who rely on publicly funded healthcare at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center and other VA facilities.
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They start to lose trust in anybody but their brothers, so they don't seek help from the VA. I've had, personally, a great experience with the VA, but a lot my friends have not.
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Another problem is the loss of talent at the VA. As of March 8, 2018, the VA had 33,642 total full-time-equivalent vacancies across the department, for a vacancy rate of 8.45 percent.
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The VA has been under Congress's spotlight since a 2014 scandal that found VA clinics across the country where manipulating data to downplay how long a veteran had been waiting for a healthcare appointment.
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Act three Ideas piloted through a VA innovations center, like managed care, have the ability to truly transform VA's ability to provide timely care to veterans and allow VA to refocus on its mission.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) wrongly denied hundreds of military sexual trauma claims in recent years, leaving potentially thousands of veterans without benefits, according to a new report from the VA inspector general.
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This will ensure VA health care will continue to improve while offering greater access to the care veterans need, when and where they need it — whether through the VA or in their own communities.
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While in Congress, he helped design the controversial VA Choice program, which allowed veterans who face significant wait times for medical appointments at the VA to seek private-sector care at the VA's expense.
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As the VA works to implement the VA MISSION Act, it's time to rise above the political games and resist any efforts to scale back its provisions or undermine the intent of the law.
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His mother is an office manager at an accounting firm in Annandale, Va. His father owns a Subway sandwich franchise in Manassas, Va. The couple met through the dating app Hinge in July 2014.
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At the boiling point of the VA scandal in 0003, after CNN reported about secret wait lists at the Phoenix VA, the Senate committee held a hearing in which Sanders supported an independent investigation.
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"Jake has been an ambassador for change at VA, working to implement President Trump's policies throughout the department over the past year and a half," acting VA Secretary Peter O'Rourke said in a statement.
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"I look forward to working with Dr. Ronny Jackson on modernizing and reforming the VA, fixing the VA Choice Program, and implementing the major reforms that Congress has passed over the last year," Sen.
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"We think we have to have kind of a ... public-private option, because some vets love the VA. ... Some vets want to go to the VA," the official said, according to a pool report.
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His father is a partner in Sands Anderson, a law firm in Richmond, Va., and manages the firm's office in McLean, Va. Peter James Emmerich and Jared Malcolm Hammond are to be married Sept.
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"We brought meals to the VA. On Thanksgiving or Christmas, if you wanted a holiday dinner, you went to the VA." On April 6, 2018, McDermott inhaled food, and developed aspiration pneumonia, Proctor says.
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As previously reported by CNN in July, the Trump administration instituted new policies at the VA that will: Allow the inclusion in appropriate circumstances of religious content in publicly accessible displays at VA facilities.
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Over the past decade, the Pentagon and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) have partnered on an integrated disability system wherein the military adjudicates fitness for duty and the VA rates individuals' medical conditions.
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A group of Senate Republicans is hoping to streamline a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) program allowing veterans to receive non-VA care, suggesting that bureaucratic hurdles are keeping veterans from getting timely healthcare.
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Congress passed bipartisan legislation to continue the VA Choice Program to ensure veterans have certainty and continuity of care while we work on wholesale reform of the VA. All three bills passed by Congress.
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Then in June, he signed the VA Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act, streamlining the disciplinary process and giving VA extra authorities to hold senior leaders and employees accountable for failing to do their duty.
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Over 30 percent of all federal employee whistleblower cases come out of the VA, and in 2016 alone over 1,100 retaliation cases were filed by VA employees with the U.S. Office of Special Counsel.
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She is a daughter of Sherry L. Liebes of Arlington, Va., and Gerald N. Liebes of Woodbridge, Va. The bride's father retired as the chief learning officer of the Federal Communications Commission in Washington.
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" VA spokesman Curt Cashour did not answer specific questions but said a "broad range of input from individuals both inside and outside VA has helped us immensely over the last year and a half.
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Further, seven Atlanta VA medical center staff members were moved into non-patient care positions amid a review, and all VA personnel are being retrained in how to report urgent issues, the statement said.
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Michael Brumage, MD is the executive director of the Kanawha-Charleston Health Department, West Va. Michael Kilkenny, MD is the health director of the Cabell-Huntington Health Department, West Va. View the discussion thread.
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Francesca Arnel Ernst and Murad Khan are to be married on July 2 in North Garden, Va. Michael Signer, the mayor of Charlottesville, Va., is to officiate at the Pippin Hill Farm and Vineyards.
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Pressed at his confirmation hearing last month, Wilkie declined to commit the VA to meeting the 30-day standard, pledging instead to push interim fixes and better training for VA schedulers to help speed appointments.
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He's new to the job of VA Secretary, but it didn't take very long for Secretary Shulkin to publicly and vocally state the need for changes in the way the VA hires and fires employees.
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Last month, VA Secretary David Shulkin took the rare step of endorsing VA reform legislation after existing rules prevented his agency from immediately firing an employee who was caught watching pornography while with a patient.
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It would dramatically shorten the termination and appeals process for VA employees and should end once and for all the practice of VA employees sitting on paid administrative leave for years while fighting their terminations.
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Maybe Shulkin convinced the President-elect that VA has in fact been moving in the right direction under Secretary McDonald and that under his leadership VA will continue to build upon the progress being made.
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One idea that is seldom discussed would be downsizing some parts of the VA by redistributing several business lines to other government agencies, rather than privatizing parts of VA or continuing to increasing its funding.
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Of the statistical 20 veterans per day who die by suicide, only six are engaged with the VA. Experts and advocates are generally happy with the work the VA has done to address the problem.
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Some lawmakers, along with veterans groups, worry that using federal VA funding for private care could stretch the program's resources even further, as private care often costs more than VA services, Axios' Caitlin Owens writes.
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To compare the two — as VA Secretary Bob McDonald did — is a clear and blatant disregard for what it is actually like to be a veteran wandering the maze that is the VA hospital system.
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Democrats and veterans' advocates are concerned that the White House is taking those calls for privatizing the VA system seriously, but the VA has denied that there is any push to privatize its health system.
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Veterans can also seek private care if the service they need is not available at a VA facility or they live in a state without a full-service VA facility, among other new eligibility criteria.
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Veterans can also seek private care if the service they need is not available at a VA facility or they live in a state without a full-service VA facility, among other new eligibility criteria.
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The inspector general's findings go beyond the Washington, D.C., VA medical center and could help explain repeated crises in recent years at VA medical centers across the country, where problems have continued despite repeated warnings.
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FAIRFAX, Va. — Recalling his earliest days in politics on Monday, Gov.
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Why not just fund the VA and evidence-based mentoring programs?
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I'd use this over anything the VA offers… this is awesome.
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He withdrew his nomination to lead the VA earlier this year.
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Senate confirms Robert Wilkie as VA secretary , capping contentious selection process.
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There are more than 140,000 names signed to the VA registry.
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"The VA has never rated any of us," the Veteran says.
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This is Dan Helmer, the Dem running in VA-183 pic.twitter.
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Mas segura que en mis brazos no va a estar nunca.
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Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va.
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Velvet and Caleb were matched through the VA Study in 2015.
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Tim Kaine (D-VA) told reporters in the Capitol on Tuesday.
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The Shenandoah Valley Juvenile Center in Staunton, Va., June 20, 2018.
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Don Beyer (D-Va.) told VICE News at the Capitol Tuesday.
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She'll hold an evening town hall in Arlington, Va. Tulsi Gabbard.
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The clinic is located in Alexandria, VA, at 900 Prince Street.
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LEESBURG, Va., July 2, 2016 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- K2M Group Holdings, Inc.
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N-VA suffered after being part of the last federal government.
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Mark Warner (D-VA) and a bipartisan pair of colleagues, Sens.
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Mark Warner (Va.) and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.), along with Republican Sen.
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Very few have received benefits from the VA for their illnesses.
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Vice Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee Mark Warner, D-Va.
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Amy Klobuchar (MN) and Mark Warner (VA), joined by Republican Sen.
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Hampton Roads Sanitation District, Va., $206 million of wastewater revenue bonds.
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C., right, and committee Vice Chairman Sen, Mark Warner, D-Va.
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He goes to a VA appointment that clearly doesn't go well.
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Va., came out to back her last week, and others followed.
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Earlier this month, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va.
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"Me dijeron: 'El gobierno te va a quitar tu casa'", relató.
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Behind the hospice unit at the VA center is Lake Leisure.
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Certain claims processing departments of the VA may experience a slowdown.
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But we also have a very happy VA. They love it.
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C. and Vice Chairman Mark Warner, D-Va, according to NBC.
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Some sneaky hooligans "vandalized" my mosque in VA over the weekend.
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And we're going to straighten out the VA for our veterans.
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The VA plans to update the list on a weekly basis.
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Va.) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.) to the House managers. Rep.
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The VA said she never told the military she had remarried.
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The changes follow the VA Dental Insurance Reauthorization Act of 2016.
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The VA is offering them free testing and follow-up care.
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Il va falloir trouver la force pour bien finir la compétition.
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And if the VA doesn't do that, it's not complying. Sens.
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Mark Warner (D-VA), one of the bill sponsors, has acknowledged.
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In fiscal year 2014, the VA awarded $144 million in bonuses.
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The VA is a lot more than just a medical system.
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VA-02: In January, 37% said raise and 33% said lower.
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Soon after, the VA proposed a ruling to lift the ban.
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This isn't to say that the VA can't provide excellent care.
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The Secretary of the VA is not a typical cabinet position.
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Va., former GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson and actress Kimberlin Brown.
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Invest in the VA we need for today and tomorrow's veterans.
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The estimated cost of the VA Mission Act is $55 billion.
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It is the Van Fleet Award, not the Va Fleet Award.
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Su odio va de la mano con la radicalización del catalanismo.
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The VA discontinued regular reviews into claims processing accuracy in 2202.
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Dave Brat (R-Va.), a member of the House Freedom Caucus.
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Many VA health care providers are overwhelmed by systems and information.
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Mark R. Warner (Va.), the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee.
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It disappeared at a stamp show in Norfolk, Va., in 215.
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PART-TIME – SPRINGFIELD, VA – Every other Sunday from 10:45 a.m.
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PART-TIME – ANNANDALE, VA – Every other weekend, Saturday from 220006 a.m.
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Trump's new pick for the VA is boosting hopes for reform.
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From Alexander Van Beek, Fairfax Station, Va. View the discussion thread.
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The cards are intended to help the VA buy things faster.
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The VA discontinued regular reviews into claims processing accuracy in 2015.
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Volunteer This online tool identifies volunteer opportunities at local VA offices.
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EDT: Mike Pence campaigns in Virginia Beach, Va. 2900:220006 p.m.
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Barbara Comstock (Va.), who is a top Democratic target next year.
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Dave Brat (R-Va.), a leading conservative and staunch Trump ally.
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Forensic Drug & Alcohol Testing, located in Chantilly, Va., won the contract.
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The VA manages benefits and health care for U.S. military veterans.
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House Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and ranking Democrat Rep.
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In 2017, 6,100 veterans died by suicide, the VA report explained.
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We're here to make sure VA has no excuses, only results.
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Mr. Hillery was airlifted to Charlottesville, Va., where he underwent surgery.
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VA Secretary Robert Wilkie reportedly asked O'Rourke to resign on Friday.
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John Kasich will campaign in Arlington, Va., at noon on Tuesday.
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Va.) and Doug Jones (Ala.) voted with Republicans to confirm him.
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De-elevating VA from its current Cabinet status is not practical.
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EDT: Donald Trump holds a rally in Richmond, Va. 11 a.m.
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Ralph Edmond Stanley was born in Dickenson County, Va., on Feb.
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Barbara Comstock (R-Va.) in 2018, according to the Washington Post.
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Where's she's making the announcement: George Mason University's Arlington, Va., campus.
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Poor performing managers at the VA need to be held accountable.
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FULL-TIME –– FAIRFAX, VA – Monday thru Friday from 3:30 p.m.
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The VA inspector general's office declined to comment to USA Today.
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Congress should also ensure that the VA personnel policies are overhauled.
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Dave Brat (R-Va.) have introduced bills to address the problem.
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White nationalists helped organize protests in Charlottesville, Va., in August 2017.
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Andy Barr MORE (Ky.), Mike Bishop (Mich.) and Dave Brat (Va.).
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But Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) is having none of it.
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The VA has denied this, essentially calling the idea fake news.
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The VA was finally acknowledging the magnitude of this grave issue.
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Barbara Comstock (R-VA) said through a spokesman Farenthold should resign.
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Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), which has no future in the Senate.
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Dave Brat (R-VA) just shook his head at the notion.
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"We don't necessarily recommend compression blankets," a VA spokesperson tells me.
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Reporting by Mike Stone in Arlington, Va.; Editing by Matthew Lewis
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Robert Goodlatte (R-Va.) is the chair of that relevant committee.
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Rep. Don Beyer (D-Va.) said Thursday that South Bend, Ind.
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VA employees have won three Nobel prizes and seven Lasker awards.
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Martha McSally (Ariz.) and Tom Garrett (Va.), have received death threats.
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FALLS CHURCH, Va. — They were disaffected Republicans in affluent Washington suburbs.
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VA employees are finding it difficult to use the department's network.
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" — David Beschauer, 240, Radford, Va. "Deep-dish pizza is not pizza.
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Md. W.Va. 4 Va. 5 Ky. Mo. N.C. Tenn. Okla. ARK.
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Mr. Manafort has been jailed in Alexandria, Va., since mid-June.
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En lo que va de año se han encontrado ocho cuerpos.
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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — There are other activities better suited for 303 a.m.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The room — brick-floored, plaster-walled, empty — is simple.
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A polling station is seen in Arlington, Va., on Super Tuesday.
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The VA has the power to address this internally and quickly.
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All the VA has to do is revise its training protocols.
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While other cities, including Charleston, W. Va., and Santa Ana, Calif.
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Chicago PD and VA Hospital police searched the hospital, Sallet said.
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FULL-TIME – FAIRFAX, VA – Monday thru Friday from 3:30 p.m.
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And the VA says it's ready to help if called upon.
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Gerry Connelly (D-VA) expressed similar sentiments to the AP Tuesday.
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Y.) and Donald McEachin (D-Va.) ultimately voted against the bill.
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Mark Warner (D-VA) wrote in his letter to Uber leadership.
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Jay Gillispie, Stephens City, Va. Read more letters to the editor.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — At the White House, protesters scream at the gates.
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ORANGE, Va. — Alice Jacobs, 853, once owned a factory and horses.
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Richmond, Va., $182.8 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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I told the VA when I got out of the service.
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CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Tadrint R. Washington is not one to attend protests.
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Don Beyer (Va.), the top Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee.
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Patrick Murphy (D-Fla.), for voting against the VA Accountability Act.
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NEWT GINGRICH McLean, Va. The writer is the former House speaker.
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Scott Taylor (R-Va.) said on CNN's "New Day" Monday morning.
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The VA never did that additional research, according to the report.
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After the violence in Charlottesville, Va., his many critics bore down.
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Un par de meandros más adelante, el río va casi seco.
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The city of Charlottesville, Va., was engulfed by violence on Aug.
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Mahalia Jessup, a wedding planner in Alexandria, Va., knows that well.
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El voto latino va a decidir las elecciones de este año.
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Don Beyer (D-Va.), who backs the former South Bend mayor.
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Name Withheld, Richmond, Va. I appreciate your concern for this child.
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"Eso no va a pasar", dijo AMLO, distanciándose de la propuesta.
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Suffolk, Va., $68.3 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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Alexandria, Va., $288.9 million of unlimited tax general obligation bonds. Competitive.
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Prior to that, he'd been living in VA housing for decades.
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Those victims were taken to a nearby VA hospital, LAFD Capt.
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Fairfax County, VA. Incident clear and all travel lanes are reopened.
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Would Lincoln's full statement even be allowed in the VA today?
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