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Friendly Fire: Death, Delay, and Dismay at the VA
Coburn, Tom
Coburn, Tom
Abstract
Sen. Tom Coburn, M.D. reports on the of medical malpractice and neglect by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and believes that Congress has failed to hold the VA accountable. Over the past decade, more than 1,000 veterans may have died as a result of VA malfeasance, and the VA has paid out nearly $1 billion to veterans and their families for its medical malpractice. Coburn recommends that the VA must make timely access to quality care eligible veterans its foremost priority.
Date
2014-06-24
Document Type
Senate Minority Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
124 pages
Congress
113
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports
PAP Major Code
16: Defense
PAP Minor Code
1609: Veteran Affairs and Other Issues
Related Hearings
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on "A Continued Assessment of Delays in VA Medical Care and Preventable Veterans Deaths," 113th Cong., (2014, April 9)
House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on \342\200\234Waiting for Care: Examining Patient Wait Times at VA,\342\200\235 113th Cong., H.Hrg. 113-11, (2013, March 14)
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on "GAO Report on VA Inspector General Special Inquiry Regarding Patient Deaths at the VA Hospital in Columbia, Missori and VA Quality Assurance Improvement," 105th Cong., H.Hrg. 105-37, (1998, May 14)
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Informaiton, Federal Services, and International Security, hearing on "High-Risk Information Technology Projects: Is Poor Management Leading to Billions in Waste?" 110th Cong., (2007, September 21)
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on "Veteran's Administration Dubious Contrating Practices: Savanah," 112th Cong., H.Hrg. 112-47, (2012, March 6)
House Committee on Veterans Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on \342\200\234Waiting for Care: Examining Patient Wait Times at VA,\342\200\235 113th Cong., H.Hrg. 113-11, (2013, March 14)
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, hearing on "GAO Report on VA Inspector General Special Inquiry Regarding Patient Deaths at the VA Hospital in Columbia, Missori and VA Quality Assurance Improvement," 105th Cong., H.Hrg. 105-37, (1998, May 14)
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Informaiton, Federal Services, and International Security, hearing on "High-Risk Information Technology Projects: Is Poor Management Leading to Billions in Waste?" 110th Cong., (2007, September 21)
House Committee on Veterans' Affairs, hearing on "Veteran's Administration Dubious Contrating Practices: Savanah," 112th Cong., H.Hrg. 112-47, (2012, March 6)
Press Releases and Contextual Information
https://web.archive.org/web/20230601132952/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/federal-eye/wp/2014/06/25/coburn-report-slams-va-as-broken-system/