For Years, Trump's Charity Gave Veterans Little More Than Peanuts

Gill said:

There's not two cents difference in how Obama and Trump have treated veterans.

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JasperL said:

Evidence Obama has neglected veterans?

This article, among others, indicates the WH budget request was right in line with veteran org's requests.

I can only speak directly about a little part of the veteran world dealing with homeless vets, but we've seen nothing negative. If anything, the changes in VA with who we deal with have improved a good bit, they're actively working with us to place homeless guys (before guys would walk in and we'd request VA coverage) and have promised us as many people for the indefinite future as we have places. So we've expanded the number of beds, and they're kept full by VA. Funding is up.

The VA hospital is still overburdened, but we send guys there all the time and they are getting care. The system is just swamped, especially any part of it dealing with PTSD and related issues.

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CNN reported on April 30, 2014 that at least 40 United States Armed Forces veterans died while waiting for care at the Phoenix, Arizona, Veterans Health Administration facilities. By June 5, 2014, Veterans Affairs internal investigations had identified 35 veterans who had died while waiting for care in the Phoenix VHA system. An investigation of delays in treatment throughout the Veterans Health Administration system is being conducted by the Veterans Affairs Office of the Inspector General, and the House has passed legislation to fund a $1 million criminal investigation by the Justice Department. On May 16, 2014, the Veterans Health Administration's top health official, Dr. Robert Petzel, retired early at the request of Secretary of Veterans Affairs Eric Shinseki. On May 30, 2014, Secretary Shinseki resigned from office amid the fallout from the controversy. As of early June 2014, several other VA medical centers around the nation have been identified with the same problems as the Phoenix facility, and the investigations by the VA Inspector General, the Congress and others are widening.

An internal VA audit released June 9, 2014 found that more than 120,000 veterans were left waiting or never got care and that schedulers were pressured to use unofficial lists or engage in inappropriate practices to make waiting times appear more favorable.

On June 11, 2014, the Federal Bureau of Investigation opened a criminal investigation of the VA.

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