Fraud, waste, and abuse. That's not only what's a matter with the VA but government in general. Just in the last several weeks, we have had this chick doing her stunts. We have another VA director that has historically taken multiple days off work. And he still gets paid. He gets paid at the tune of 180K per year (ish, I have no ideal what his bonuses are). Dude gets arrested in FL with OC's that he doesn't have a script for (probably from the hospital, but they aren't saying). Still gets paid. But my bitch is this.
If you have read my other VA post you know that I have cancelled my VA appointments. I have cancelled them over the phone but I still get calls asking why I wasn't there. Not only have I cancelled the appointment but I have cancelled them several times. So I get this phone call asking me why I missed and of course I say I cancelled with your automated system. The response was and I quote, "not everybody has access to that system". ????? Really, then why the FUCK have it? Why give me the ability to cancel an appointment if the guy on the other side can't see it? I don't know, maybe I'm just stupid. However, it doesn't end there. So I get a letter in the mail stating that I have missed another appointment. I call the VA and said that I have cancelled those appointments and the woman that I talked to said (and I quote, not everybody has access to that system) Again I'm like WTF??? This chick that I am now speaking to says, "that's correct, not everybody can see it".
That's not the whole problem. People I have had as many as four phone calls reminding of a Doc's appt., now times that by up to six a week. Now times that by 600,000 Vets that the Louisville VAMC "takes" care of. Then multiply that by all the VA hospitals and clinics in the US.
Just saying...
