‘FIRE HIM!’ – Outrage at VA chief comparing wait times to the line at DISNEYLAND

by SooperMexican

An unbelievable comment from the VA chief Robert McDonald has many demanding that he be fired immediately.

It’s one thing to say that they’re making wait times shorter, but he’s saying he doesn’t care about wait times. It really sounds like he’s belittling the frustration that veterans feel when they’re waiting for medical care, and people are NOT happy about it.

Here’s a report:

More from USA Today:

Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Bob McDonald said Monday that he believes veterans’ wait times for appointments aren’t a valid measure of their experience at the VA and releasing more wait-time data would create negative headlines that would distract people from what really matters.

The VA currently does not release data showing how long veterans wait between scheduling an appointment and being seen.

“So why don’t I also make the measurement of the fit of your prosthetic sleeve public?” McDonald said at a breakfast with reporters organized by The Christian Science Monitor. “I mean, I’ve got so many measures, if I make them all public, you’re all going to write headlines about them and they’re going to distract people from what’s important. I don’t want to do that. I want people focused on what’s really important.”

Bryan Suits is a veteran and talks about these issues often – here’s what he said:

And he’s not alone:

There’s many more from people who are absolutely disgusted with what he said. If that’s how he feels about providing care for veterans then he needs to find another job.


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