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Originally Posted by ilovetv
You're hoping for "surprises" like this (below) for our whole nation of 314 million people??
(CNN) -- At least 40 U.S. veterans died waiting for appointments at the Phoenix Veterans Affairs Health Care system, many of whom were placed on a secret waiting list.
The secret list was part of an elaborate scheme designed by Veterans Affairs managers in Phoenix who were trying to hide that 1,400 to 1,600 sick veterans were forced to wait months to see a doctor, according to a recently retired top VA doctor and several high-level sources.
For six months, CNN has been reporting on extended delays in health care appointments suffered by veterans across the country and who died while waiting for appointments and care. But the new revelations about the Phoenix VA are perhaps the most disturbing and striking to come to light thus far.
Internal e-mails obtained by CNN show that top management at the VA hospital in Arizona knew about the practice and even defended it....."
See video by Anderson Cooper.....
A fatal wait: Veterans languish and die on a VA hospital's secret list - CNN.com
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According to CNN, this is a terrible scandal perpetuated by Veterans Affairs managers. To imply that this would happen to the entire country under the Affordable Care Act, is, in my opinion, a little far fetched. Of course there are going to be glitches as this huge, new system rolls out, but in time things will work out.