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Two separate systems are preventing the claims from being processed seamlessly. to put it in terms of an individual, somebody who leaves active duty and then goes to a va hospital has to develop an entirely new record or bring that record and the records have to be made completely seamless. so for example post traumatic stress that affects a large number is treated effectively. >> this is incumbent upon the member of the military or as they leave the veterans themselves to do this. this is not incumbent upon the pentagon? >> they are moving in the right direction, but still instances with my o...

Employment, the tax credits for employing are about to run out at the end of the year. we have high rates of unemployment among the rhett vans and another need that needs to be addressed as we are with the bill about the hire heroes act. >> in afghanistan, the amount of veterans that will need medical care for the next 20, 30, 40 years is going to be more than has been experienced by the va and by the va system the previous generation. why do i get the sense the va is not ready for this? >> the country is not ready yet. we need more professionals who will assess the traumatic brain injury or t...

Pending for four months or more. richard bloom know that will is a member of the committee and the armed services committee, you are one of two veterans on the committee. good morning. >> good morning. thank you, chuck. >> let's talk about the backlog. this was a crisis point months ago. would you characterize it as that? >> progress has been made, chuck, as you described, but there is a lot of progress still to be made. that 400,000 is nearly 60% of the total number of claims. we are talking about a majority of claims still backlogged and delayed. it's not just a matter of resources. it's als...

Day. some of the problems with the website high capacity they said, direct enrollment not working, va system not connecting, only six enrollments occurred so far with five different issuers. hhs secretary kathleen sebelius said they still don't have those numbers. >> i don't know what numbers were gathered to get the first two days of enrollment and where they came from and if it is federal enrollment or state enrollment, but we will be giving comprehensive figures about nationwide enrollment who is in the federal marketplace, who is in the state level, once a month and we'll give people relia...

Washington, d.c., the number of days the shutdown is going on, whether or not the debt ceiling is looming on the 17th and now the secretary advising everybody about the november 1st date. >> you know, the only reason that in addition he's not able -- he doesn't say that the health care that provided to millions of our veterans that have come out without limbs, with posttraumatic stress disorder and tbi, brain injuries, is because in 2009 congress passed a law that said we'll fund one year ahead the health care of our veterans. now, if that debt ceiling is broken, thomas, we will have up to 40%...