... increasingly limited healthcare budget to handle. Waitinglists were created as veterans lined up at VA facilities seeking healthcare benefits. The waitinglists grew and by the middle of 2003 ... that the promise of 'no more waitinglists' meant no more waiting OUTSIDE the ... crass political decision to 'eliminate' waitinglists by moving them inside the VA system... http://www.vawatchdog.org/milcom/didthevareallyeliminatewaitinglists.htm
2. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 09-11-2007 #9 -- IG REPORT: VA STILL FAKING HEALTHCARE WAITING LIST STATISTICS -- "...The accuracy of the VA's reported waiting times could not be relied on..."nf091107-9.htm
..., OIG found VA's electronic waitinglists to be incomplete, with 10 facilities ... the number of veterans on their electronic waitinglists by more than 53,000. ... waiting time inaccuracies and omissions from electronic waitinglists can be caused by a lack of ... not be relied on and the electronic waitinglists at those medical facilities were not complete... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfSEP07/nf091107-9.htm
3. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 02-14-2007 #3 -- CONCERNS MOUNT OVER WAITING LISTS AT VA MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS -- "We're hearing of too many cases of WAITING LISTS, particularly involving cases of PTSD."nf021407-3.htm
... #3 -- CONCERNS MOUNT OVER WAITINGLISTS AT VA MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS -- ...re hearing of too many cases of waitinglists, particularly involving cases of PTSD. ... Bookmark Printer Friendly Page CONCERNS MOUNT OVER WAITINGLISTS AT VA MENTAL HEALTH CENTERS -- ...re hearing of too many cases of waitinglists, particularly involving cases of PTSD.... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfFEB07/nf021407-3.htm
...- Veterans are encountering administrative barriers, waitinglists and staffing shortages when they try to ... access Veterans are encountering administrative barriers, waitinglists and staffing shortages when they try to ... other medical care have been placed on waitinglists when facilities have been unable to meet ...Wash.) VA Medical Center implemented waitinglists when lean federal budgets forced it to... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfNOV07/nf112807-7.htm
... waiting list, scheduling clerks maintained paper waitinglists of patients that could not be seen ... did not substantiate the allegation concerning paper waitinglists. The complainant reported that because schedulers... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfdec08/nf120608-1.htm
...And in some places, we have waitinglists of eight to 10 people for a ... the state occupied, but we have waitinglists,' said Laurie Harkness, director ...And in some places, we have waitinglists of eight to 10 people for a ...And in some places,we have waitinglists of eight to 10 people for a... http://www.vawatchdog.org/08/nf08/nfAUG08/nf082508-1.htm
7. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 10-09-2007 #1 -- THE VA WAITING ROOM IS FULL -- OF FRUSTRATION -- The Portland VA is expanding its surgical ward to increase capacity by 50 percent. But, will it be enough?nf100907-1.htm
... be enough? For more about VA waitinglists, use the VA Watchdog search engine .../ sessearch.php?q=waiting +lists&op=ph Story here.... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfOCT07/nf100907-1.htm
... VA WATCHDOG ARTICLE ON OPEDNEWS ABOUT VA WAITINGLISTS -- POLITICS MOVED THE WAITINGLISTS FROM OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM TO INSIDE - ... increasingly limited healthcare budget to handle. Waitinglists were created as veterans lined up at VA facilities seeking healthcare benefits. The waitinglists grew and by the middle of 2003... http://www.vawatchdog.org/old newsflashes JAN 06/newsflash01-09-2006-2.htm
9. VA Watchdog dot Org - VA NEWS FLASH - 04-01-2007 #6 -- VA STUDY: TIME WAITING FOR HEALTHCARE LINKED TO MORTALITY -- Patients with average waits of thirty-one days or more were 20 percent more likely to die in a six month follow-up period.nf040107-6.htm
... Proper funding will put an end to waitinglists for VA healthcare. Story here.... http://www.vawatchdog.org/07/nf07/nfAPR07/nf040107-6.htm
... engine for more about the VA's waitinglists ... here ... http ...org/sessearch.php?q=waiting+lists&op=ph ----... http://www.vawatchdog.org/10/nf10/nfapr10/nf042410-3.htm
