1,000 VA Employees Could Face Discipline over Scandal

Long wait times and terrible treatment.

As many as 1,000 employees in the country's embattled veterans office could face disciplinary action, Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald told CBS's 60 Minutes.

The VA chief said he is taking "aggressive, expeditious disciplinary action, consistent with the law" against employees who are responsible for long wait times and poor healthcare treatment for veterans across the country, according to an advanced transcript obtained by the Associated Press.

McDonald's remarks, which are scheduled to air Sunday, do not offer a timeline for the disciplinary actions, but mark a new approach for the troubled department.

The VA chief has previously said that about 40 employees would face penalties - up to and including firings – for the department-wide healthcare scandal.

Comments

[lap83]

We're going to need a bigger bus

[SMcBride]

I imagine that in a year or two things at the VA will be exactly like they are now, although a few bureaucrats may be sitting in different chairs.

[OneOut]

Wrists will be slapped.

Hard too !

[PS]

Unless it involves hefty fines, jail time and the indenturing of three generations of their descendants nothing is likely to change.

[Brian D]

I suspect that "aggressive, expeditious disciplinary action, consistent with the law" will translate to a day of paid administrative leave, a note that a nonspecific action was taken buried in their employment record, and a small, temporary reduction in the rate at which they get raises.

[Counterfly]

Too much paperwork. I suspect a form-letter-of-reprimand placed in their employ record.

[ryanactonuvo]

my best friend's half-sister makes $81 hourly on the internet . She has been out of work for nine months but last month her paycheck was $19645 just working on the internet for a few hours. this link.....

????? http://www.payinsider.com

[Counterfly]

242.5 hours last month. Pretty hardcore.

[Bryan C]

"could face disciplinary action"

And I could be a Chinese jet pilot.

[SIV]

Ho Lee Fuk