i have the privilege of serving as commander in chief, i m going to keep on fighting to deliver the care and the benefits and the opportunities that your families deserve. welcome to the journal editorial report, i m paul hugo. that was president obama wednesday breaking his silence over the growing veteran s affairs scandals and promising to fix what s wrong. his remarks came a day after the va inspector general says his office is now investigating possible misconduct at 26 facilities around the country, including a phoenix hospital where 40 veterans allegedly died before receiving care. that staff rigged recordkeeping to cover up the long wait times. wall street journal columnist and deputy editor, and editorial board member joe rago. joe, the president session we re going to get to the bottom of this, but the truth is we know an awful lot about what happens at the va because there have been numerous reports going to
to help support regularity. wife: mmmm husband: these are good! marge: the tasty side of fiber. from phillips. time now for hits & time now for hits and misses of the week. a miss to harry reid and nancy pelosi who this week de defying warnings screened a hit piece documentary about conservative activist charles and david c orkoch. now i know the democrats are desperate to distract from their election year woes by raising a public campaign against the kochs. all right, joe? well a miss for oregon and it s dysfunctional obama care
i have the privilege of serving as commander in chief, i m going to keep on fighting to deliver the care and the benefits and the opportunities that your families deserve. welcome to the journal editorial report, i m paul hugo. that was president obama wednesday breaking his silence over the growing veteran s affairs scandals and promising to fix what s wrong. his remarks came a day after the va inspector general says his office is now investigating possible misconduct at 26 facilities around the country, including a phoenix hospital where 40 veterans allegedly died before receiving care. that staff rigged recordkeeping to cover up the long wait times. wall street journal columnist and deputy editor, and editorial board member joe rago. joe, the president session we re going to get to the bottom of this, but the truth is we know an awful lot about what happens at the va because there have been numerous reports going to this which of waiting lines and cover-ups. what do we
we ll give you the precare, but you re going to have to wait to get it. that s right. and then when the people understandab understandably, the veterans understandably complain they re having to wait a long time, the incentive for the bureaucracy, jason, is covered up. don t report it. right. and this is inherent to government controlled health care. and it s helpful we re having this conversation in the middle of a proout of obamacare. because this is the future of albuquerq obamacare. you want to see where it s headed, look at the v.a. system where we have all these perverse incentives in place. people to earn performance bonuses and so forth. and there is going to be this, drip, drip, drip. but joe is right. there is mock outrage on the part of congress here, because they too have known about this for many, many years. but the problems we see are inherent to the system and not going to be solved by chopping off a few heads. this is a systemic problem. well, consider the sc
time now for hits & misses of the week. kim. a miss to harry reid and naens pelosi who screened a hit piece documentary about charles and david koch at the capitol visitors center. despite clear rules saying the taxpayer funded facility is not to be used for partisan activities. i know the democrats are desperate to distract by waging a public campaign against the koches, but that does not entitle them to co opt every square inch of washington for their purposes. all right. joe. a miss for oregon and its dysfunctional obamacare exchange. worse than the nation rollout, enrolled zero people. zero? zero.