Thank you very much. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I cant thank you enough for being here today, the sacrifices that you have made. I pray that the sacrifices that you and your entire family made will make us a better nation at the end of the day. I think most that sign up to serve have that intention, that they will make this a better nation at the end of the day. I am a physician and also a reservist and i served in iraq for a year. That has led me to want to be here today. One of the things i know as a doctor and im sure dr. Somers you can relate, that when you have patients, regardless of their problems, there is a level of anxiety that, because they have something wrong, whether its muscular, skeletal or mental, it doesnt matter. Something is wrong and there is anxiety. It makes it more difficult and heightens the anxiety when you have all these administrative problems. I know you started to deal with that in private practice. More so maybe than when you first started. The prescription
Are you looking at partnerships equine therapy. I have a Great Program in my district, a successful program. They could partner with programs like that. Community partnerships, engaged as part of Community Helping them. Are you asking if every v. A. Should have equine therapy . I want to know how we can increase these partnerships. Ill use my own example, im really watching the clock here. My time has run out. Ill follow up with my question. Thank you. A question for dr. Mccarthy following up closely on a few others. What are the waiting times for access to Mental Health care. Its hard to give an tut number given that both members of this committee and i have said im not sure we trust the actual numbers. What we now have, though, transparently are information about access. I printed and brought some of that information. Whats posted is for every v. A. Medical center what the new patient Mental Health wait time is, the established Mental Health wait time and then running average over th
Our findings and conclusions in no way reflect the rights of a veteran, or his or her family, from filing a complaint under the federal tort claims act with va. Decisions regarding vas potential liability in these matters lies with the va, the department of justice, the judicial system, under the federal tort claims act. In december, 2013. While i have views on many aspects of what has come to be known as the scandal i would like to use this statement to comment on the downplaying and frankly inadequacy of the Inspector Generals Office that continues in the report issued august 26, 2014 that i fear is designed to minimize the scandal and protect its perpetrators rather than to provide the truth to the veterans and families that have been affected by it. All the employees receive training on their duty to report waste, fraud and abuse to the Inspector General whose job it is to investigate these allegations. I did this in february, 2011 that resulted in the indirect debate director plac
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