Breitbart: On her February 19th episode of “Full Measure,” host Sharyl Attkisson investigates new concerns involving the Department of Veterans Affairs. Attkisson examines allegations in a lawsuit against a Veterans Administration contractor getting millions of taxpayer dollars while accused of cheating veterans.
Cleaning up the scandal-plagued Department of Veterans Affairs was one of the main themes of President Trump’s 2016 campaign.
Attkisson’s “Full Measure” provided Breitbart News the following excerpts of her upcoming show.
Born in Iran, David Vatan attended medical school and came to live in the U.S. He got a job in California working for a VA contractor under Lockheed Martin: QTC Medical Services. Vatan’s job was to review medical files of Vietnam vets to see if they’re eligible for payments for injuries from Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide used to remove leaves from trees in jungles where the enemy hid.
Vatan: By reviewing their files, I was honored and I felt that I, there is a purpose in what I do and at the end of the day every day, I felt so good if I reviewed a file and I found the evidence that could benefit our veterans. That’s the least I could do.
Sharyl: So their ability to get payments or benefits hinged on the reviews that people like you were doing, of their medical files?
Vatan: Absolutely.
But Vatan says he quickly saw major problems at QTC: large numbers of vets denied benefits after he says their medical files weren’t properly reviewed.
Sharyl: What made you think that something wasn’t right?
Vatan: I noticed that some of my co-workers are reviewing claim folders a lot faster than I did, and then I realize some of them do not have the necessary background to review and understand the highly complex medical records. And, much to my surprise, some of them had only high school education. read the rest
If the majority of Vets voted democrat you can bet your ass this crap would have been fixed loooong ago.
“Born in Iran, David Vatan attended medical school and came to live in the U.S. He got a job in California working for a VA contractor under Lockheed Martin: QTC Medical Services. ”
Since when was Lockeed Martin involved in VA management? David Vatan may not be long for this world.
Bad_Brad, some of us contractors work for some wild
companies that you would not believe. I worked for Perot
first, then Dell, now NTT.
They are general management contracts for government
services. I would not be surprised if Lockheed Martin was
now in the service industry either.
Sharyl Attkisson is a true journalist. It is always so refreshing to see her reporting. I have no clue what her political leanings are and that is a good thing.