i was surprised, i guess, when i saw last night that the state emergency management director said that power in mayfield, a town of about 10,000, i believe, could take weeks or even months to rebuild. it is winter. how do you handle that? what is the plan for the next couple of months potentially if there is no power in town? right. i m actually on the board of mayfield electric and water and we have been meeting daily and getting updates. we are a tva facility, tennessee valley authority, so tva has been here along with fema and other groups. we have utility representatives from all over the southeast. we are working on getting our transmission lines hooked up that will transmit power from tva into mayfield. hopefully we ll have those set up in seven to ten days. there are a little pockets of places in mayfield that are actually getting power back now.
delta variant covid cases. when ever a veteran or va employee sets foot in the va facility, they deserve to know that we have done everything in our power to protect them from covid 19. with this mandate we can once again make and keep that fundamental promise. the va is not alone. all state employees in california have to choices, get vaccinated, or get tested and b forced to wear a mask. our projections are sobering. our projections are over the course of the next kumble weeks will notice a significant increase and hospitalizations a we carried on this path.
the different health insurance options the government pays for already. the more people have information, the more the candidates talk about trillions of dollars in higher taxes the more they will research and decide for a better path. shannon: people definitely deserve good affordable healthcare but especially our veterans. we need to take better care of them. 39% of the 140 facilities have severe shortages in 20 different occupations including psychiatry. 85 different facilities reported a shortage in that area as well. someone using the va healthcare system i can tell you it is entire straits. there are individual hot pockets around the world and around the country where a va facility may be running well, usually where the population isn t that great with the funding is big. all that to say when the va does function well it is incredibly expensive but for places like
va inspector general found during just one six-month period, more than 17,000 veterans were slapped with over $50 million in medical bills the government should have covered the investigation spurred in part by reports from our minneapolis affiliate. the ig finding inside the va there was, quote, systemic pressure to favor speed over accuracy in reviewing medical claims they go for emergency care because they don t have time to get to a va facility that s the situation, exactly. and the va is supposed to cover that, correct? exactly the veteran may go into bankruptcy or have their credit rating irreparably hurt and effect them for the rest of their lives. reporter: amanda wolf is suing the va to be reimbursed hoping it doesn t happen to any other american who served their country. do i hope that it will make a difference i do am i confident that it will? not not very confident.