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A record pace for finishing claims in fiscal 2023 and so far in fiscal 2024 hasn't been enough to slow the department's backlog of cases.

A record pace for finishing claims in fiscal 2023 and so far in fiscal 2024 hasn't been enough to slow the department's backlog of cases.

Decisions and have real peace of mind and we can get rid of this claims backlog. lastly, i want to talk about a very important health care report. its a report from the department of health and human services. its the aspi data point report. the department of health and human services has released an analysis that says that since obamacare went into effect, average premiums have more than doubled nationwide. since obamacare went into effect, average health care premiums have doubled nationwide. ...

Right now, house speaker, paul ryan right after the congressional budget office report on the health care bill. the >> speaker ryan: out of memorial day, we are attacking a bipartisan challenge and we are taking bipartisan action to help our veterans and their families. it is especially good news that we are making process on fixing a long-standing problem with the va claims backlog. so many of us in congress have been working on this for so many years, dealing with our own constituents and thei...

With these initiatives, we will go after child sex offenders, and we will make sure that survivors have the highest protection under the law. second, ahead of memorial day, we are tackling bipartisan challenges, and were taking bipartisan action to help our veterans and their families. it is especially good news that we are making progress on fixing the longstanding problems with the va claims backlog. so many of us in congress have been working on this for so many years, dealing with our own co...

And we will make sure that survivors have the highest protection under the law. second, ahead of memorial day, we are tackling bipartisan challenges. were taking bipartisan action to help our veterans and their families. it is especially good news we are making progress on fixing the long-standing problems with the va claims backlog. so many of us in congress have been working on this for so many years, dealing with our own constituents and their problems. veterans have bills to pay. they have f...

Unlimited time off? sounds great, right? wrong. some are calling the new office trend a no vacation policy. studies say without specific vacation guidelines, many workers are scared to ask for anytime off at all. it says 57% of americans do not use all their vacation time as it is. one company came up with a solution to that. ever note. which gives unlimited vacation days, pays employees $1,000 bonus if they take at least a week off. in recent years, injured veterans have waited longer than ev...

Says washington is just not fixing for our heroes. >> you have to attack this claims backlog. now -- [ applause ] the last time i was with you i pledged to cut the backlog and slash wait times and deliver benefits soon. im going to be honest with you. it has not moved as fast as i wanted. right now, 7 years of music is being streamed. a quarter million tweeters are tweeting. and 900 million dollars are changing hands online. thats why hp built a new kind of server.

Mentally or physically, and were basically going to be taking care of some of these people until the day they die. >> the pentagon plans a careful look at the studys key findings and say they will work with the veterans administration to provide a response to congress by june. va officials say they have a plan to fix the backlog. >> our commitment is were going to end the backlog in 2015. this has been decades in the making, ten years of war. >> 2015 is a long way away for millard. >> to me two ...

Year. takes care of about 22 million veterans. its a gigantic organization. four years ago, eric shinseki took over, retired general, served two tours in vietnam, wounded both times. and hes interestingly applied some of the lessons of combat to managing the va. and i think with pretty impressive results. >> well, in some of your reporting, i want to touch on, you mentioned that four years ago, the population of homeless veterans was about 154,000. it has dropped now to roughly 65,000. and i wan...