Monterey, CA Veterans Administration Secretary Lays Out Plans
by Richard Kuehn on 09/09/14
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The new head of The
Veterans Administration (VA), Secretary Robert McDonald, certainly has his
work cut out for him and yesterday he came out with a concrete plan on how to
fix the massive agency. McDonald said he
wants to create a corporate culture where whistle blowers feel safe to speak
out and employees who contribute to delays are punished. He has said he will be hiring thousands in
new medical staff and streamlining bureaucracy to improve efficiency and went
so far as to publicly giving out his personal cell phone number. I am sure that will be ringing a lot! Already, the VA has reached out to a massive
294,000 veterans who had been on long waiting lists to see a doctor. Those who can't be seen are being sent to
physicians outside of the VA system and the VA is paying for it.
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