Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Sunday, August 9, 2009
Ask the Drill Sergeant
soldier information http://ping.fm/NCpCs
White House Move to Collect ‘Fishy’ Info May Be Illegal, Critics Say
FOXNews.com
Friday, August 07, 2009
President Barack Obama pauses President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the economy, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, in the Rose Garden of The White House in Washington. (AP) 27006560
*
*
*
The White House strategy of turning supporters into snitches when they see “fishy” information about the health care debate may run afoul of the law, legal experts say.
“The White House is in bit of a conundrum because of this privacy statute that prohibits the White House from collecting data and storing it on people who disagree with it,” Judge Andrew Napolitano, a FOX News analyst, said Friday.
“There’s also a statute that requires the White House to retain all communications that it receives. It can’t try to rewrite history by pretending it didn’t receive anything,” he said.
“If the White House deletes anything, it violates one statute. If the White House collects data on the free speech, it violates another statute.”
Napolitano was referring to the Privacy Act of 1974, which was passed after the Nixon administration used federal agencies to illegally investigate individuals for political purposes. Enacted after Richard Nixon’s resignation in the Watergate scandal, the statute generally prohibits any federal agency from maintaining records on individuals exercising their right to free speech.
The White House has been under fire since it posted a blog on Tuesday that asked supporters to e-mail any “fishy” information seen on the Web or received electronically to flag@whitehouse.gov.
“There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there,” the blog said, adding that “since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help.”
The blog was posted partly in response to a video posted on the Web that claimed to show Obama explaining how his health care reform plans eventually will eliminate private insurance.
The video, featured on the Drudge Report, strung together selected Obama statements that the White House said were taken out of context.
The White House said it wanted to be made aware of “fishy” comments about its health care plan because it wants to set the record straight. But critics called White House move an Orwellian tactic designed to control the health care debate.
“This is a very troubling attempt to stifle the free speech of Americans who have the constitutional right to express their opinion and concerns about health care,” said Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice. He called on Obama to repudiate his blog.
“This move is an attempt to intimidate those who have legitimate concerns about the health care plan,” Sekulow said. “And, worse, it turns the White House into some sort of self-appointed ’speech police.’ This new White House reporting program strikes at the heart of the First Amendment and has no place in this important debate about health care.”
Sekulow said he imagines that opponents of mandatory abortion coverage are engaging in what the White House considers “fishy” speech and should be reported.
“What the White House is touting is absurd,” he said.
But Napolitano said the White House probably cannot be sued because of sovereign immunity, unless someone was harmed by what the government did with the records. But that’s unlikely, he said, because the person would probably be unaware of the harm.
“That’s a silent violation of your right to privacy,” he said.
The ACLU said in a statement to FOXNews.com that the White House blog is a “bad idea that could send a troublesome message.”
But the organization added, “While it is unclear at this point what the government is doing with the information it is collecting, critics of the administration’s health care proposal should not fear that their names will end up in some government database that could be used to chill their right to free speech.”
The White House Thursday denied that it was playing “Big Brother.”
“Nobody is collecting names,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. “We have seen, and as I’ve discussed from this podium, a lot of misinformation around health care reform, a lot of it spread, I think, purposefully.”
Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who has called on Obama to end the program, rejected the White House explanation.
“Of course the White House is collecting names,” he said, arguing that anyone with access to the e-mail account has access to private information.
“The question is not what the White House is doing, but how and why,” he said. “How are they purging names and e-mail addresses from this account to protect privacy? Why do they need the forwarded e-mails, names, and ‘casual conversations’ sent to them instead of just the arguments that they want to rebut?
Asked by FOX News whether the White House was using the blog post as a way to expand the e-mail list for the administration and Obama’s political arm, Organizing for America, Gibbs said the two are “not in any way connected” and repeated that the White House is not collecting names.
Pressed about the program’s goal, Gibbs said it was to clarify for everybody what the misinformation is, adding that’s not a new tactic.
“When you make a mistake in your report, sometimes I e-mail you,” Gibbs said to FOX News’ Major Garrett. “Occasionally, I call. Sometimes I just throw something against the wall. Occasionally, it’s all three.”
Garrett asked why it’s necessary to ask so many people to e-mail the White House.
“All we’re asking people to do is, if they’re confused about what health care reform is going to mean to them, we’re happy to help clear that up for them. Nobody’s keeping anybody’s names. I do have your e-mail. …Maybe that’s because I assume future mistakes. But I’m not going to say that,” Gibbs said, drawing laughter.
“But nobody’s collecting information,” he added. “Everybody is trying to give people only the facts around what we all understand is a very complicated issue.”
soldier information http://ping.fm/NCpCs
White House Move to Collect ‘Fishy’ Info May Be Illegal, Critics Say
FOXNews.com
Friday, August 07, 2009
President Barack Obama pauses President Barack Obama pauses as he speaks about the economy, Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, in the Rose Garden of The White House in Washington. (AP) 27006560
*
*
*
The White House strategy of turning supporters into snitches when they see “fishy” information about the health care debate may run afoul of the law, legal experts say.
“The White House is in bit of a conundrum because of this privacy statute that prohibits the White House from collecting data and storing it on people who disagree with it,” Judge Andrew Napolitano, a FOX News analyst, said Friday.
“There’s also a statute that requires the White House to retain all communications that it receives. It can’t try to rewrite history by pretending it didn’t receive anything,” he said.
“If the White House deletes anything, it violates one statute. If the White House collects data on the free speech, it violates another statute.”
Napolitano was referring to the Privacy Act of 1974, which was passed after the Nixon administration used federal agencies to illegally investigate individuals for political purposes. Enacted after Richard Nixon’s resignation in the Watergate scandal, the statute generally prohibits any federal agency from maintaining records on individuals exercising their right to free speech.
The White House has been under fire since it posted a blog on Tuesday that asked supporters to e-mail any “fishy” information seen on the Web or received electronically to flag@whitehouse.gov.
“There is a lot of disinformation about health insurance reform out there,” the blog said, adding that “since we can’t keep track of all of them here at the White House, we’re asking for your help.”
The blog was posted partly in response to a video posted on the Web that claimed to show Obama explaining how his health care reform plans eventually will eliminate private insurance.
The video, featured on the Drudge Report, strung together selected Obama statements that the White House said were taken out of context.
The White House said it wanted to be made aware of “fishy” comments about its health care plan because it wants to set the record straight. But critics called White House move an Orwellian tactic designed to control the health care debate.
“This is a very troubling attempt to stifle the free speech of Americans who have the constitutional right to express their opinion and concerns about health care,” said Jay Sekulow, chief counsel of the American Center for Law and Justice. He called on Obama to repudiate his blog.
“This move is an attempt to intimidate those who have legitimate concerns about the health care plan,” Sekulow said. “And, worse, it turns the White House into some sort of self-appointed ’speech police.’ This new White House reporting program strikes at the heart of the First Amendment and has no place in this important debate about health care.”
Sekulow said he imagines that opponents of mandatory abortion coverage are engaging in what the White House considers “fishy” speech and should be reported.
“What the White House is touting is absurd,” he said.
But Napolitano said the White House probably cannot be sued because of sovereign immunity, unless someone was harmed by what the government did with the records. But that’s unlikely, he said, because the person would probably be unaware of the harm.
“That’s a silent violation of your right to privacy,” he said.
The ACLU said in a statement to FOXNews.com that the White House blog is a “bad idea that could send a troublesome message.”
But the organization added, “While it is unclear at this point what the government is doing with the information it is collecting, critics of the administration’s health care proposal should not fear that their names will end up in some government database that could be used to chill their right to free speech.”
The White House Thursday denied that it was playing “Big Brother.”
“Nobody is collecting names,” White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said. “We have seen, and as I’ve discussed from this podium, a lot of misinformation around health care reform, a lot of it spread, I think, purposefully.”
Texas Sen. John Cornyn, who has called on Obama to end the program, rejected the White House explanation.
“Of course the White House is collecting names,” he said, arguing that anyone with access to the e-mail account has access to private information.
“The question is not what the White House is doing, but how and why,” he said. “How are they purging names and e-mail addresses from this account to protect privacy? Why do they need the forwarded e-mails, names, and ‘casual conversations’ sent to them instead of just the arguments that they want to rebut?
Asked by FOX News whether the White House was using the blog post as a way to expand the e-mail list for the administration and Obama’s political arm, Organizing for America, Gibbs said the two are “not in any way connected” and repeated that the White House is not collecting names.
Pressed about the program’s goal, Gibbs said it was to clarify for everybody what the misinformation is, adding that’s not a new tactic.
“When you make a mistake in your report, sometimes I e-mail you,” Gibbs said to FOX News’ Major Garrett. “Occasionally, I call. Sometimes I just throw something against the wall. Occasionally, it’s all three.”
Garrett asked why it’s necessary to ask so many people to e-mail the White House.
“All we’re asking people to do is, if they’re confused about what health care reform is going to mean to them, we’re happy to help clear that up for them. Nobody’s keeping anybody’s names. I do have your e-mail. …Maybe that’s because I assume future mistakes. But I’m not going to say that,” Gibbs said, drawing laughter.
“But nobody’s collecting information,” he added. “Everybody is trying to give people only the facts around what we all understand is a very complicated issue.”
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
Soldiers it may be time to Refinance your Home
Refinancing is the best way to pay your home loans and debts. Loans are not of same kind you can have different types of loans for different purchases and different home equity loans. Refinancing means paying off your current mortgage or reverse mortgage by obtaining a new one. Your home is used as collateral to secure this loan. Home equity lines of credit typically involve variable rather than fixed interest rates. Even if you have less-than-perfect credit, mortgage consultants understand.
Refinancing is the best way to pay your home loans and debts. Mortgages are available worldwide to pay your loans and you have to lend your property to them and they pay your loans with easy refinancing. You can also purchase your home if you your loan back there rates are affordable as compare finance companies. Home equity is the value of a homeowner's unencumbered interest in their property, i.e. the difference between the home's fair market value and the unpaid balance of the mortgage and any outstanding debt over the home. But you don't need to be afraid you can use tools like loan tool kits to get complete information and define your terms and conditions. Loans are not of same kind you can have different types of loans for different purchases and different home equity loans.
Refinancing means paying off your current mortgage or reverse mortgage by obtaining a new one. People refinance for many reasons, some include to lower monthly payments, to remove a prepayment penalty, or to get a different loan type or length. Customers may also wish to get cash out of their home. They do this by borrowing against the equity in their home and receive cash in exchange. People can use this cash to pay off credit cards, to pay for college tuition, to pay medical expenses, other debt consolidation or even purchase another home. If you own your own home, and if your home is worth more than you owe on it, then you have some equity. If, in addition, your monthly payments on your debt obligations (e.g. mortgage payment, credit card payments, car payments, etc.) are hard to make each month, (or they can handle, but would prefer your monthly output to be lowered) then refinancing may help. Also, if you need money for a specific purpose (e.g. college tuition, wedding, medical expenses, etc.), your home equity may be able to help you out.
To find out if you are eligible for refinancing, call and speak with a Mortgage Consultant. You can explain your current situation and tell us what you wish to accomplish. We'll let you know if we can unlock some of the equity in your home to help attain your financial goals. Most importantly, we'll cut through the loan clutter and eliminate unnecessary confusion.
Second mortgages are essentially the same as your primary mortgage. Your home is used as collateral to secure this loan. While most borrowers are better served by Cash Out Refinancing, the advantage of a second mortgage is that in some cases, you can get payment terms and rates that may not be available in other types of loans.
A home equity line of credit works similar to a credit card or revolving line of credit. Your bank provides you with a checkbook that is used to draw against your line of credit. You can write checks for major purchases, such as a car or medical expenses, or just draw out some cash and go on vacation. Advantages of obtaining a home equity loan in this manner include: (1) the flexibility to borrow only as much money as you need at the time and (2) the potential to receive a lower interest rate versus a second mortgage loan. Please consult your Mortgage Consultant for more detailed information.
Home equity lines of credit typically involve variable rather than fixed interest rates. The variable rate is based on publicly available index (such as the prime rate or a U.S. Treasury bill rate). Thus, as the index changes, the interest rate you pay may increase or decrease. The effective rate of interest you pay over the course of this loan may be higher or lower if you had obtained a fixed rate second mortgage. Thus, you should carefully consider the risks and rewards of this type of loan.
At Home123®, we've done a lot of work to make the entire process easier for you, by creating a simplified approach to the loan process. Every homeowner has a story and that is why our mortgage consultants take the time to know your situation personally. It helps us paint a clearer picture so we can better understand the loan you need. Even if you have less-than-perfect credit, mortgage consultants understand. They will do everything they can to offer you the best loan available.
Our mortgage consultants know that obtaining a loan is not an easy process, but our goal is to make it easier. We provide personalized service and resources like the Home123 Loan Tool Kitsm, to make your experience as smooth as possible and give you the confidence you need to better understand the process. The network of expert mortgage consultants will help guide you through the process and decrease the chances of any surprises. You will be clear on what is going on at each step along the way. Approved by http://ping.fm/qUi26
Refinancing is the best way to pay your home loans and debts. Loans are not of same kind you can have different types of loans for different purchases and different home equity loans. Refinancing means paying off your current mortgage or reverse mortgage by obtaining a new one. Your home is used as collateral to secure this loan. Home equity lines of credit typically involve variable rather than fixed interest rates. Even if you have less-than-perfect credit, mortgage consultants understand.
Refinancing is the best way to pay your home loans and debts. Mortgages are available worldwide to pay your loans and you have to lend your property to them and they pay your loans with easy refinancing. You can also purchase your home if you your loan back there rates are affordable as compare finance companies. Home equity is the value of a homeowner's unencumbered interest in their property, i.e. the difference between the home's fair market value and the unpaid balance of the mortgage and any outstanding debt over the home. But you don't need to be afraid you can use tools like loan tool kits to get complete information and define your terms and conditions. Loans are not of same kind you can have different types of loans for different purchases and different home equity loans.
Refinancing means paying off your current mortgage or reverse mortgage by obtaining a new one. People refinance for many reasons, some include to lower monthly payments, to remove a prepayment penalty, or to get a different loan type or length. Customers may also wish to get cash out of their home. They do this by borrowing against the equity in their home and receive cash in exchange. People can use this cash to pay off credit cards, to pay for college tuition, to pay medical expenses, other debt consolidation or even purchase another home. If you own your own home, and if your home is worth more than you owe on it, then you have some equity. If, in addition, your monthly payments on your debt obligations (e.g. mortgage payment, credit card payments, car payments, etc.) are hard to make each month, (or they can handle, but would prefer your monthly output to be lowered) then refinancing may help. Also, if you need money for a specific purpose (e.g. college tuition, wedding, medical expenses, etc.), your home equity may be able to help you out.
To find out if you are eligible for refinancing, call and speak with a Mortgage Consultant. You can explain your current situation and tell us what you wish to accomplish. We'll let you know if we can unlock some of the equity in your home to help attain your financial goals. Most importantly, we'll cut through the loan clutter and eliminate unnecessary confusion.
Second mortgages are essentially the same as your primary mortgage. Your home is used as collateral to secure this loan. While most borrowers are better served by Cash Out Refinancing, the advantage of a second mortgage is that in some cases, you can get payment terms and rates that may not be available in other types of loans.
A home equity line of credit works similar to a credit card or revolving line of credit. Your bank provides you with a checkbook that is used to draw against your line of credit. You can write checks for major purchases, such as a car or medical expenses, or just draw out some cash and go on vacation. Advantages of obtaining a home equity loan in this manner include: (1) the flexibility to borrow only as much money as you need at the time and (2) the potential to receive a lower interest rate versus a second mortgage loan. Please consult your Mortgage Consultant for more detailed information.
Home equity lines of credit typically involve variable rather than fixed interest rates. The variable rate is based on publicly available index (such as the prime rate or a U.S. Treasury bill rate). Thus, as the index changes, the interest rate you pay may increase or decrease. The effective rate of interest you pay over the course of this loan may be higher or lower if you had obtained a fixed rate second mortgage. Thus, you should carefully consider the risks and rewards of this type of loan.
At Home123®, we've done a lot of work to make the entire process easier for you, by creating a simplified approach to the loan process. Every homeowner has a story and that is why our mortgage consultants take the time to know your situation personally. It helps us paint a clearer picture so we can better understand the loan you need. Even if you have less-than-perfect credit, mortgage consultants understand. They will do everything they can to offer you the best loan available.
Our mortgage consultants know that obtaining a loan is not an easy process, but our goal is to make it easier. We provide personalized service and resources like the Home123 Loan Tool Kitsm, to make your experience as smooth as possible and give you the confidence you need to better understand the process. The network of expert mortgage consultants will help guide you through the process and decrease the chances of any surprises. You will be clear on what is going on at each step along the way. Approved by http://ping.fm/qUi26
Monday, August 3, 2009
Military One Source
Sometimes we all need help!
Military One Source is free to service members and their eligible family members. Your work will help them build on their strengths, teach them to maximize their support systems, and help them find community resources to meet their needs. Military life comes with unique challenges. At Military One Source our goal is to provide expert information - articles, booklets, CDs, DVDs and links to other resources - on how to deal with the challenges and issues you face every day. Military One Source By phone, online, and face-to-face
You name it. We can help-24/7!
1-800-342-9647
Overseas: xx-800-3429-6477 (Country
access codes can be found online)
Collect from Overseas: 484-530-5908
(Dial an international operator fi rst)
En español llame al: 1-877-888-0727
Supported by http://ping.fm/k2v5J
Sometimes we all need help!
Military One Source is free to service members and their eligible family members. Your work will help them build on their strengths, teach them to maximize their support systems, and help them find community resources to meet their needs. Military life comes with unique challenges. At Military One Source our goal is to provide expert information - articles, booklets, CDs, DVDs and links to other resources - on how to deal with the challenges and issues you face every day. Military One Source By phone, online, and face-to-face
You name it. We can help-24/7!
1-800-342-9647
Overseas: xx-800-3429-6477 (Country
access codes can be found online)
Collect from Overseas: 484-530-5908
(Dial an international operator fi rst)
En español llame al: 1-877-888-0727
Supported by http://ping.fm/k2v5J
Link to this page
2nd Ky. widow settles suit over husband's VA death
Uncovered, 2nd Ky. widow settles suit over husband's VA death
The second of two Kentucky widows has settled her federal lawsuit over surgical care they say killed their husbands at an Illinois Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. hospital where major surgeries have been halted for nearly two years after a spike in patient deaths.
Terms of Darla Marshall's April settlement over 61-year-old James Marshall's July 2007 blood infection death six days after his lymph node biopsy Lymph Node Biopsy Definition
A lymph node biopsy is a procedure in which all or part of a lymph node is removed and examined to determine if there is cancer within the node. at the VA hospital in Marion were not disclosed in online court records. The Benton, Ky., widow had sought $10 million in her wrongful-death lawsuit, filed here in April of last year.
Wife of Murray, Ky., last year settled for $975,000 her lawsuit involving Robert Shank III, an Air Force veteran who was 50 when he bled to death in 2007 a day after undergoing gallbladder surgery at the Marion site. Katrina Shank had sought $12 million in damages.
Both were patients of surgeon Jose Veizaga-Mendez, who resigned in August 2007 three days after Shank died.
Within a month of Shank's death, surgeries at the Marion site — which serves veterans from southern Illinois, southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky — were halted after the VA found that at least nine deaths between October 2006 and March 2007 were "directly attributable" to substandard substandard,
adj below an acceptable level of performance. care there.
Those deaths did not include Robert Shank and James Marshall James Marshall, or Jim Marshall could be
* James W. Marshall, who discovered gold in California in 1848
* James Marshall the soldier
* James Marshall the director
* James Marshall the children's writer
* James Marshall the actor
, who died months later.
The VA's findings did not put the sole blame on Veizaga-Mendez, but Shank's lawsuit said many or all of those who died were his patients.
Of an additional 34 cases the VA investigated, 10 patients died after receiving questionable care that complicated their health, officials said. Investigators could not determine if the actual care caused those deaths.
The VA's own investigations of the surgical deaths often have been blistering blis·ter·ing
n.
See vesiculation. , at times labeling the hospital's previous management as "dysfunctional and inefficient."
The lawsuits named only the U.S. government, which runs the VA system that includes the Marion hospital. Messages left Tuesday with Marshall's attorney and the VA were not immediately returned.
Minor surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen.
..... Click the link for more information. resumed at the Marion hospital in May of last year, but the VA has not said when major operations would return.
Both lawsuits accused the government of negligence for allegedly not adequately checking Veizaga-Mendez's background before hiring him in January 2006. The widows claimed a better check would have uncovered Veizaga-Mendez's "history of providing substandard care to his patients" in Massachusetts, where he was under investigation for allegedly botching seven cases in 2004 and 2005, including two that resulted in deaths.
Veizaga-Mendez's Illinois license was indefinitely suspended by regulators in October 2007. He was permanently barred from practicing medicine in Massachusetts the next month, a move that also required him to resign any other state medical licenses he held and to withdraw pending license applications. He has also made payouts in two Massachusetts malpractice malpractice, failure to provide professional services with the skill usually exhibited by responsible and careful members of the profession, resulting in injury, loss, or damage to the party contracting those services. lawsuits.
Veizaga-Mendez, who is not listed as a defendant in the lawsuits, has no listed telephone number and has not responded to repeated messages left by the AP at a Massachusetts home listed as an address for his wife.
The Veterans Affairs Department has come under harsh criticism by veterans, some of whom were severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, who have continued to endure financial hardship while their claims are processed. In June, lawmakers in Washington also criticized the department about why a scare over botched botch colonoscopies earlier this year didn't prompt stronger safeguards at the agency's medical centers.
This and much more at "Ask The Drill Sergeant".
2nd Ky. widow settles suit over husband's VA death
Uncovered, 2nd Ky. widow settles suit over husband's VA death
The second of two Kentucky widows has settled her federal lawsuit over surgical care they say killed their husbands at an Illinois Veterans Affairs Veterans Affairs is a term of the business that deals with the relation between a government and its veteran communities, usually administered by the designated government agency. hospital where major surgeries have been halted for nearly two years after a spike in patient deaths.
Terms of Darla Marshall's April settlement over 61-year-old James Marshall's July 2007 blood infection death six days after his lymph node biopsy Lymph Node Biopsy Definition
A lymph node biopsy is a procedure in which all or part of a lymph node is removed and examined to determine if there is cancer within the node. at the VA hospital in Marion were not disclosed in online court records. The Benton, Ky., widow had sought $10 million in her wrongful-death lawsuit, filed here in April of last year.
Wife of Murray, Ky., last year settled for $975,000 her lawsuit involving Robert Shank III, an Air Force veteran who was 50 when he bled to death in 2007 a day after undergoing gallbladder surgery at the Marion site. Katrina Shank had sought $12 million in damages.
Both were patients of surgeon Jose Veizaga-Mendez, who resigned in August 2007 three days after Shank died.
Within a month of Shank's death, surgeries at the Marion site — which serves veterans from southern Illinois, southwestern Indiana and western Kentucky — were halted after the VA found that at least nine deaths between October 2006 and March 2007 were "directly attributable" to substandard substandard,
adj below an acceptable level of performance. care there.
Those deaths did not include Robert Shank and James Marshall James Marshall, or Jim Marshall could be
* James W. Marshall, who discovered gold in California in 1848
* James Marshall the soldier
* James Marshall the director
* James Marshall the children's writer
* James Marshall the actor
, who died months later.
The VA's findings did not put the sole blame on Veizaga-Mendez, but Shank's lawsuit said many or all of those who died were his patients.
Of an additional 34 cases the VA investigated, 10 patients died after receiving questionable care that complicated their health, officials said. Investigators could not determine if the actual care caused those deaths.
The VA's own investigations of the surgical deaths often have been blistering blis·ter·ing
n.
See vesiculation. , at times labeling the hospital's previous management as "dysfunctional and inefficient."
The lawsuits named only the U.S. government, which runs the VA system that includes the Marion hospital. Messages left Tuesday with Marshall's attorney and the VA were not immediately returned.
Minor surgical procedures Surgical procedures have long and possibly daunting names. The meaning of many surgical procedure names can often be understood if the name is broken into parts. For example in splenectomy, "ectomy" is a suffix meaning the removal of a part of the body. "Splene-" means spleen.
..... Click the link for more information. resumed at the Marion hospital in May of last year, but the VA has not said when major operations would return.
Both lawsuits accused the government of negligence for allegedly not adequately checking Veizaga-Mendez's background before hiring him in January 2006. The widows claimed a better check would have uncovered Veizaga-Mendez's "history of providing substandard care to his patients" in Massachusetts, where he was under investigation for allegedly botching seven cases in 2004 and 2005, including two that resulted in deaths.
Veizaga-Mendez's Illinois license was indefinitely suspended by regulators in October 2007. He was permanently barred from practicing medicine in Massachusetts the next month, a move that also required him to resign any other state medical licenses he held and to withdraw pending license applications. He has also made payouts in two Massachusetts malpractice malpractice, failure to provide professional services with the skill usually exhibited by responsible and careful members of the profession, resulting in injury, loss, or damage to the party contracting those services. lawsuits.
Veizaga-Mendez, who is not listed as a defendant in the lawsuits, has no listed telephone number and has not responded to repeated messages left by the AP at a Massachusetts home listed as an address for his wife.
The Veterans Affairs Department has come under harsh criticism by veterans, some of whom were severely wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, who have continued to endure financial hardship while their claims are processed. In June, lawmakers in Washington also criticized the department about why a scare over botched botch colonoscopies earlier this year didn't prompt stronger safeguards at the agency's medical centers.
This and much more at "Ask The Drill Sergeant".
Saturday, August 1, 2009
HELP OUR SOLDIERS
Here at http://ping.fm/vjBKd we need your input to help other heroes. Many times soldiers come home and fall in between the cracks, and don't get the help they need. Please talk about 1 of the top 10 subjects below.
1) How do I get VA and Medical issues that I need to known?
2) What Paperwork is needed to get VA benefits?
3) How do I Bring up my VA raiting?
4) How do I apply for Social Security?
5) Why do I only get travel pay to and from the closest VA to me?
6) How do I apply for disability from the VA?
7) What is the healthyvet website and how does it help me?
8) What is T-180 and what does it do?
9) How long do I have to apply for dental care after i return from deployment?
10)How do i get a government job after i return from deployment?
Here at http://ping.fm/vjBKd we need your input to help other heroes. Many times soldiers come home and fall in between the cracks, and don't get the help they need. Please talk about 1 of the top 10 subjects below.
1) How do I get VA and Medical issues that I need to known?
2) What Paperwork is needed to get VA benefits?
3) How do I Bring up my VA raiting?
4) How do I apply for Social Security?
5) Why do I only get travel pay to and from the closest VA to me?
6) How do I apply for disability from the VA?
7) What is the healthyvet website and how does it help me?
8) What is T-180 and what does it do?
9) How long do I have to apply for dental care after i return from deployment?
10)How do i get a government job after i return from deployment?
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
