forced scheduling clerks to do exactly what this lady has done. and there are protections for her, and i can only say this, that, that she is some one that we should all be very proved. regardless of whatever the consequences are, she stepped out, and is helping bring this story forward. but as a whistle blower, she has protections at the federal level. this letter sent to president obama from the head of the agency that investigates whistle blower complaints saying the va didn t listen to what the whistle blowers were telling them month after month. think of people that could have been given care they desperately need if the va had listened to people trying to tell them what was going on. we have story after story that go all across this great country. they are said to be disgruntled employees. even dr. foote, a concerted
outsourcing to the mayo clinic to get the chemotherapy. they wanted him to do the surgery after the therapy stopped. and they couldn t do it. they waited eight months. the va didn t approve us for eight months. if they don t approve it, they re writing a death sentence. is that how you feel? that s right. the doctor said your cancer has already spread to your lymphnodes. troy, you are a former marine. hon honorably discharged. what do you know about the secret waiting lists and the care t the fraudulent data that apparently has been
emails that don t just suggest, but show that there was a pattern here. i mean, is are you not satisfied that something wrong went on here? well, look, what we ve seen already is pretty damning, but i do think we want to know the full extent of this. is this something that took place in a few vas or is it a systemic problem around the country? that is at the conclusion of two wars we re going to have an incredible, pressing demand for health care for decades to come. if you look at the vietnam generation, many of the most intensive needs in the va didn t take place for decades after that war. so what we re seeing now is the tip of the iceberg in terms of the stresses and demands on a health care system. so we ll have to make some pretty dramatic changes, but in terms of accountability and who s head ought to roll, i think we ought to let the full facts come out and i think there
the doctor at the mayo clinic wanted him to do surgery after the chemo therapy stopped. couldn t do it they waited until eight months, the va didn t approve us with the outsourcing for eight months. if they don t approve you for treatment, they are basically writing a death sentences, is that how you feel? that s right. when the doctor opened him up and took out the bladder, he said i m sorry but your cancer spread to your lymphoids. when he passed away, they said he had multiple tumors through his pelvic area. troy, you re a form er marin. you worked at the phoenix va from november 2012 to september 2013. what do you know about these secret waiting lists. what do you know about the care there, the fraudulent data that s apparently been going on there? we used it every day.
hospital keeping two lists for ancien ancien patients, an official list sent to washington and seen in the 13 to 40 daytime period and a secret list where patients could wait a year or more to see their primary care physician. the only way to get off the secret list and an to the official list is if your appoint came up in that 30-day window. 71-year-old thomas came in with blood in his urine and sent home. he died two months later and never seen by a doctor. he was never diagnosed and never treated. here is his daughter-in-law. listen. because he said i m dying, and it s too late. the va didn t help me. and i cried and i said please, pop, you have to fight. we can do this. we ll do it together. documents indicate high level employees may have known about the list. the phoenix va medical direct tomorrow sharon held man knows about it. i have never directed staff