Congress decreed by law The Joint Commission (a.k.a. JCAHO) will review any and all hospitals that receive federal money for meeting patient safety and performance standards. JCAHO reviews hospitals every three years and has the power to cut off federal funding by “de-certifying” any hospital that fails to meet any standards.

One such standard is the sterilization of reusable colonoscopy equipment between each and every patient. There are no exceptions.

This can be found at JCAHO’s very own website (www.jointcommission.org):

–In 2007, the one and only VA hospital in Miami, FL got JCAHO’s coveted “Gold Seal of Approval.”
–Ditto for the one and only VA hospital in Murfreesboro, TN.

On the state level, let’s not forget the FL and TN Departments of Health which are supposed to review these hospitals before renewing their licenses every year.

Let’s also not forget the performance reviews each and every hospital is supposed to conduct internally every month.

So for much for the overseers.

He just got a new VA ‘counselor’ (he is a disabled Veteran on a vocational re-training program – into normal speak – he is in college to get a job that won’t require physical labor since he can’t do that anymore) – anyway, they just met last week and it turns out, despite everything his previous counselor did not include our two youngest children as dependents in his packet – even though the son was declared Permanent Incapacitated Son (*local must update DEERs for 4 years) and We must update his disability every 5 years until he dies – so much for Permanent (which oh btw, the DEERs guy said should have been done at his Retirement).

The story on that is just hilarious – got a letter – denied – needed two adults (medical would be nice) to verify that he was still disabled after turning 18 (this was when we were attempting to verify disability as he was turning 21 (2007)) – problem was 3 Drs/hospitals had sent letters (attached) to verify they were treating him, conditions etc – all dated after he turned 19 – and then two days later we get the DFAS-in Form 27-88 that declares permanent incapacitated.

It would/could drive someone insane – so we copied DFAS-in Form 27-88 and copied the letter from the college (needed to keep daughters ID card for this final year of college) and send them in to now 3 years into the program to have them as dependents (and that does not count the 2 years his paperwork went via the PO around the country before finding him). And of course we won’t ever see a dime of retroactive money he has deserved apparently for the entire program.

And in 2010 we have to do the State stuff to keep the Son’s handicap placard and in 2011 redo all this paperwork for his ID card. Oh and did I include we either have to go 1 hour North or 2 hours South for the pleasure of dealing in person with the bureaucracy (ID cards/DEERS)?

And I haven’t even gone into the SSI fun & games which kind of make this look tame – as at least with VA & the DEERS you can make appointments and wait just a little – I think 3 hours was the shortest I’ve ever waited for SS.

Really, really think very hard if this kind of bs & crappola is what you want – I am not looking forward to my husband actually becoming unable to work or ill – the paperwork is going to kill me. And the care is going to kill him.

What a joy.

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My mother (a nurse) told me once about a friend who accepted a job as a nurse at a VA hospital in PA. They gave her no orientation on her first day, none, whereas at most hospitals, orientation for a nurse takes at least one week, maybe two. No one to even show her what was going on. She walked off of the job, knowing she could get hired anywhere, as nurses are in short supply.

I have heard the VA hospital in my town is better, it ought to be though, since we are in a big university town with a lot of trained medical professionals.

Anyways, it was stressful, and I actually grabbed the man’s hand next to me to hold. I felt the conservatives there were very quiet and respectful to the move.org people. Cause we are not terrorists like the media makes out to concervatives to be. Saw on news, and they mostly, showed the woman who was screaming and going ballistic. And she looked angry.
One thing the Senator mentioned was that the health bill would not give care like the not so good care vet’s recieve. Then this black panther I guess was scary going around taking pictures. He had on front of his shirt,
Our President’s our Black Power. And on back was a black panther, anyways, he had a back back, I was trying to get a good look at, not taking my eyes of it, til I felt it was too flat to have a bomb in it. Anyways, I thought the Senator answered things very well. I got to shake his hand, and talk to him. Lot’s of people there clapped alot. I could use a sedative I think.

I can’t comprehend this VA mistake happening to 11,000 people. There are so many workers, I just don’t understand it. Sometimes I had assisted
at a military hospital (not a VA hospital) there were two of us (aside the doctor that came in) I always go the unpleasant jobs, so I don’t comprehend, something going on like this. Sometimes there would be three of us in the room (aside doctor who just comes in and leaves).
Okay so what’s happened with the Post Office.

I am traumatized a bit. Went to townhall meeting. A woman just started screaming for several minutes. She was angry. Everyone was dead silent. Except the guy next to me trying not to laugh.

And Massa Obamy wantsta make American health care available for all under the same program as the VA??? HMOs and medical neglect (alone) already kill a quarter million people a year.

Anyway, for all you vet types… have you been to veteran dot com yet? And look up a site called [ Together We Served ] (one for each service).

Thanks to those who served, and to those who supported those who served!

Gunner Retired

Our veterans deserve better, I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Seriously, it’s not that hard to sterilize medical equipment. Just takes time …

Just wait until the car payments begin to come due.

How many of them figured Lord Obamy would waive those nasty little payments for the new cars….out of “compassion”.

Not to suggest that anybody driving a car worth less than $4500 might not be able to afford the payments on a new one, even with a big discount. This ain’t the housing crisis after all. Certainly, everybody in THIS country learned his lesson about borrowing too much. With Mr. Obamy as Moralist in Chief, defaults should be almost non-existant.

Even still, I can’t help but wonder.

Of course the work would have to be done by white people and hispanics. We can’t ask our African American citizens to do something beneath their dignity. They need jobs moving papers from inboxes to outboxes for programs like Cash for Clunkers.

If I’m not mistaken, doesn’t that law set limits to tort liabilities that the government can be charged for? Must be nice to already have tort reform in place for the government, I wonder how much of the current “crisis” could be alleviated if the rest of us had it?