DC: The Department of Veterans Affairs is now paying a veteran $500,000 to settle a lawsuit, in which the veteran alleged he suffered heart damage because of delays in care.
John Porter, an Air Force veteran who served in the Vietnam War, sued the VA in 2016, saying that the staff at the Des Moines, Iowa VA medical center failed to inform him for years that he was suffering progressive heart failure, The Associated Press reports.
Porter recounted that he first went to the Des Moines VA in 2011 because he was beginning to feel chest tightness. Subsequent tests revealed that he might be suffering from heart problems. Another test three weeks later indicated that his heart was only performing at half the ideal level, according to the text of the lawsuit. Still, no one informed Porter that the test was essentially showing progressive heart failure, even though he continued to experience fatigue and dizziness. read more
Here is where ALL available medical facilities need to be utilized by ALL veterans.
V.A. Hospitals
Private hospitals
Military base hospitals
ALL of them need to be used. This is ridiculous. It means, veterans need to live within driving range of a V.A. clinic or hospital, or go broke on Obamacare and die.
Screw this system.
He undoubtedly deserves it but why do I have to help pay for it and not just the ones that caused it?
Progressive Heart Failure….November 2016 😉