Do we have a thread on the Donald/VA Healthcare data scandal?

[shortylickens]

I cannot find one.

Trump's Mar-a-Lago Buddies Tried to Get the VA to Sell Access to Veterans' Medical Records

A congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica's reporting found Trump's "Mar-a-Lago crowd," wealthy civilians with no U.S. government or military experience.

www.healthleadersmedia.com

So yeah, remember all those times the Republican party claimed to be the champions of vets?
They fucking lied. They elected a man who repeatedly dodged the draft and didnt know shit about the military even after he became the fuckin commander in chief and also criticized a fuckload of active and retired and deceased personnel and did nothing for the VA administration.

 

[shortylickens]

Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Buddies Tried to Get the VA to Sell Access to Veterans’ Medical Records

A congressional investigation prompted by ProPublica’s reporting found Trump’s “Mar-a-Lago crowd,” wealthy civilians with no U.S. government or military experience, pursued a plan to monetize veterans’ medical data.

www.govexec.com

 

[maluckey1]

To me, I see no FACA violations. Shady-dealings maybe, but FACA does not seem apply to non-compensated (and likely ill-educated) opinions and work done for free. The article did not say if the companies that these three yahoos talked to were compensated.

Advice and Guidance | GSA

As one of the people whose information they want to share, I'm all for it. VA generally sucks donkey balls at doing their job. They are understaffed, under-skilled and generally overworked. It's a crap shoot whether you get reasonable care (if you can get in within a reasonable time to start with). Most of my care is from civilian providers for that reason. About the only thing I now trust them with is podiatry and SOME ortho issues (combat related permanent injuries). The reason I trust these two specialties is that civilian doctors don't always have much exposure to injuries common to combat vets.

 

[pauldun170]

Terry Fadem - “Patient data is, in my opinion, the most valuable assets [sic] the VA has, It can be leveraged into hundreds of millions in revenue” (by selling access to major companies)

That's one hell of a memorable line