Listen to as podcasts. Doctor shell can, honor to have you here. There was allegations that veterans were dying waiting for care. I remember sitting there as a citizen singing, i feel terrible about this. If anybody deserves the best care possible, its our veterans. Wish there was something i could do to help. It sometimes happens in strange ways. I got a call from the white house singing, would you consider coming to help lead the va Healthcare System because we are looking for somebody that understands how healthcare works from the private sector. I did what everybody tends to do when you have these choices to make. I made a list of the pros and cons. And the con side was much larger than the pro side. But on the pro side, it was simply, how could i say no . This was my duty as an american citizen to give back to people have given us so much. So i didnt think much about it but i said yes, im preparedto help. Thats great. Those of you who read the book, that was during the Obama Admin
Dr. Shuck and thank you for being with us today presenter to have you here. If he is an important subject to talk about in the area for government a lot of people hear about but dont necessarily know the details. There are a lot of us that dont understand the breadth and depth of what the va does so its great to talk to about the via general uncertain about your book and about your time in the administration. I would love to begin by hearing about what brought you to the va you are very successful in your civilian career and make in that tradition from the civilian world and to the government world can be a bit jarring. What drove you to want to take up working within the government especially with the va . Guest during my 20s i didnt have a chance to serve the way that you did. I spent my time in medical institutions and doing my medical training and its always one of the real regrets that ive had with this amazing country that we have that i wasnt able to get back. Later on in my car
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At any time. Today is the subcommittee entitled learning from va whistle blowers. On june 25th the subcommittee began this hearing to discuss the importance of va whistle blowers. We heard testimony from people inside the va who raised major questions and concerns about critical problems that affect the health and wellbeing of veterans. These witnesses were willing to blow the whistle even when it risked their live lee hood and careers. Unfortunately we learned that the va continues to struggle with the culture of retaliation against whistle blowers. In too many instances va leadership and supervisors have turned a blind eye to those in vas work force that have pointed out Serious Problems or attempted to support bad actors and even worse the whistle blowers are often the target of active retaliation. One striking example came from doctor catherine mitchells testimony. In 2014 she was one of a group of people working at the Phoenix Va Medical Center that exposed the existence of a secr
At any time. Today is the subcommittee entitled learning from va whistle blowers. On june 25th the subcommittee began this hearing to discuss the importance of va whistle blowers. We heard testimony from people inside the va who raised major questions and concerns about critical problems that affect the health and wellbeing of veterans. These witnesses were willing to blow the whistle even when it risked their live lee hood and careers. Unfortunately we learned that the va continues to struggle with the culture of retaliation against whistle blowers. In too many instances va leadership and supervisors have turned a blind eye to those in vas work force that have pointed out Serious Problems or attempted to support bad actors and even worse the whistle blowers are often the target of active retaliation. One striking example came from doctor catherine mitchells testimony. In 2014 she was one of a group of people working at the Phoenix Va Medical Center that exposed the existence of a secr