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I represent the state, jake, where 25% of our people get their primary health care and dental care through community health centers. they have not been funded in three and a half months. 10,000 people died last year because the social security administration is not adequately funded and able to process claims. >> what do you mean? >> people who have disabilities, "the washington post" story put their claims in and while theyre waiting for their claims to be processed much too slowly they died. >...

How property owners file a claim, doesnt change deadlines to file claims or how insurers process claims. it lost does not apply to claims with the texas windstorm insurance association, or the national guard flood insurance program. property owners with covered damages maintain the same rights to an insurance claim, whether they file their claim before or after september is the 1st. the texas department of insurance is sending staff to affected area this is week to help victims file claimed and ...

It doesnt change deadlines to file claims or how it ensures process claims. it also does not apply to claims with the texas windstorm insurance association or the national flood insurance progra program. property owners with covered damages maintain the same rights to an insurance claim whether they filed their claim before or after september 1st. the texas department of insurance is sending staff to affected areas this week to help victims file claims and has extended hours for its consumer hel...

Homes among the staff. >> veteran crews were outraged over a proposed change to how vets can receive disability benefits. right now they contact the va. but the department wants them to register on-line or complete a handwritten form. jennifer griffin is following the story out of washington. >> the department of veterans affair wants to change the decade old way they file claims. veterans advocacy groups are upset. >> it is a seismic shift in the way they want to process claims. >> they allow t...

>> finally, a committee of one for terry mcauliffe, the first time he interred the office bathroom. a giant stuffed bear. it was a prank by bob mcdonnell. local reports say it caused a good laugh among the staff. pranks appear to be a tradition when passing down the office. in 2006, mark warner left a cardboard cut-out of himself in the shower, waiting to greet tim kaine. both are now senators for the commonwealth. >> veterans and their supporters are incensed or will be after this story. nation...

It is very well known and veterans groups, are stepping up and, one, getting their voice heard, and, fireworks also stepping up to provide funding in direct assistance grants, the bill and beverly young financial grants that are going to be assisting individuals who are incapable of paying their own bills come 1 november. >> all right. even before november 1st we have the situation where since the 1st of october there have been people furloughed who process claims, right? >> yes, maam. >> and th...

Impressi implementation, to process claims and to implement, do benefits, it summer simply cann. it could be a major disaster for the administration. >> you served in the senate. let me ask a quick question. do you think mr. clapper is the best for the job? >> look, i think the president is putting people who are politically attuned to the president who -- and have been very good in apologizing for the president and are not the best people to do the job. no question in my mind about that. >> doe...

Impressi implementation, to process claims and to implement, do benefits, it summer simply cann. it could be a major disaster for the administration. >> you served in the senate. let me ask a quick question. do you think mr. clapper is the best for the job? >> look, i think the president is putting people who are politically attuned to the president who -- and have been very good in apologizing for the president and are not the best people to do the job. no question in my mind about that. >> doe...

>> shannon: is it about funding? last of percent nell? the system is getting some kind of overhaul because people the average claim waiting more than 125 days just for a response. >> it is about -- it is not necessarily about funding. the v.a. has been especially for the last four years record amounts of funding. they have been hiring a lot of people to help process claims. this is really about process. iraq and afghanistan veterans by and large are surviving combat injuries which is outstanding...

Organizations would not have to take that on, a lot of people felt like this story was done, that that was going to work. >> well, absolutely not. in fact a lot of the large institutions that are religiously affiliated or faith-based are in fact self-insurers, in other words, they provide the insurance themselves, and they might use the insurance company to facilitate or process claims, but this was in no way an accommodation of peoples, individual faiths or their belief system. this is basicall...