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reporter: dr. kline says he can t get a private sector job right now because he hasn t seen a patient in almost a year and that could potentially force him to lose his certification. the alleged retaliation across the country so bad that senator ron johnson has stepped in on their behalf. i wish i could say i was shocked. it s disappointing to the point of depressing. but the fact of the matter is what the v.a. health care system is, it s a government-run, bureaucratic, single-payer health care system, and it has inherent bureaucratic problems. reporter: the v.a. offered a statement that says it doesn t tolerate retaliation. kelly. kelly: thank you, will. that will do it for us. the news continues. julie: i ll see you on fox report, 7:00. arthel and eric shawn, they re next.
every day. what is your salary? i make approximately $250,000 per year. reporter: and what are you doing right now, presently, at the v.a.? i sit in a chair and i look at the walls. reporter: that said, dr. kline is a double board-certified yale fellow who specializes in pain management at the v.a. in poplar bluff, missouri, but after becoming a whistleblower to the inspector general, court documents showed the missouri v.a. stripped kline of his duties, his clinic was shut down, and he now has to sit in an empty office every day with nothing to do. his attorney says it s all in an effort to ruin his career instead of letting dr. kline help the veterans he wants to care for. when are you going to actually put your money where your mouth is, stop retaliating against whistleblowers and start resolving the issue?
about abuses warned us about abuses. now the alleged actions drawing the attention of a key republican senator. will carr is in our west coast newsroom with the details. will, how bad is that supposed retaliation? reporter: well, eric, some of the whistleblowers we ve spoken with say it s pretty bad. they say their v.a.s have tried to fire them, others are put in what they call solitary confinement within their hospitals. that includes dr. dale kline who may be the highest paid government employee who quite literally does nothing every day. dr. kline makes $250,000 a year as a double board-certified yale fellow who specializes in pain management at the v.a. in poplar bluff, missouri. but after becoming a whistleblower and reporting alleged secret wait lists, wait time manipulation and more to the inspector general in washington, d.c., court documents show the missouri v.a. stripped kline of his duties, his clinic was shut down, and he now has to sit in an empty office every day wit