Veterans not receiving care they need - opinion from Colorado
Echo letter to the editor published in the Colorado newspaper "The Gazette"
Veterans not getting needed care
I read an article in the Washington Post today on veteran suicides.
I was appalled that: “VA set aside $6.2 million this year alone to advertise its crisis hotline...But as of September, the agency had spent $57,000...”.
Men and women who have sacrificed for their country will not get the care they need because “The GAO* blamed ... instability that has consumed the agency for more than a year ... and ... rudderless leadership left staff working on suicide prevention without clear direction.”
While staff members worry about their cushy jobs, veterans die in unheard of numbers. They are forgotten. Is this the way to repay their sacrifice? I don’t think that’s right, and I hope you don’t either!
From
Jude T. Brock Woodland Park Colorado
Veterans not getting needed care
I read an article in the Washington Post today on veteran suicides.
I was appalled that: “VA set aside $6.2 million this year alone to advertise its crisis hotline...But as of September, the agency had spent $57,000...”.
Men and women who have sacrificed for their country will not get the care they need because “The GAO* blamed ... instability that has consumed the agency for more than a year ... and ... rudderless leadership left staff working on suicide prevention without clear direction.”
While staff members worry about their cushy jobs, veterans die in unheard of numbers. They are forgotten. Is this the way to repay their sacrifice? I don’t think that’s right, and I hope you don’t either!
From
Jude T. Brock Woodland Park Colorado
*GAO- US Government Accountability Office
Labels: GAO, Jude T. Brock, The Gazette, The Washington Post, Woodland Park
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