| Friend ––
Our veterans have sacrificed so much for our country – we owe it to them to make sure they can access the care they need when they come home.
That’s why I was appalled to learn of the gross misconduct and blatant failure from leadership at the John D. Dingell Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Detroit – which serves nearly 350,000 veterans. I quickly requested an investigation from the VA’s Inspector General, which made it clear that the Detroit VA Medical Center provided less-than-adequate care and failure of oversight led to patient harm – and even death. It also found that the Detroit VA Medical Center STILL has not done enough to right this wrong and ensure quality care.
Our nation’s veterans deserve nothing but the best quality care and support – which is why I’m leading bipartisan legislation to increase accountability in the VA’s review process and make sure something like this never, ever happens again.
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As a former Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve and the son of a World War II veteran, this issue is personal for me — and I’ve long fought to make sure we uphold our obligations to our veterans. The Fairness for Veterans Act — legislation I championed that helps veterans who may have been erroneously given a less than honorable discharge from the military due to negative behavior resulting from mental traumas — was signed into law in 2016. I passed into law bipartisan legislation to strengthen transparency and communication for veterans and caregivers participating in the VA’s caregiver program — and I fought to help pass the PACT Act, which is now the largest expansion of VA health care benefits in our nation’s history.
I’m going to continue working to ensure that the VA provides top-quality care to our veterans, and I’ll never stop fighting to support our veterans, their families and their survivors.
Thanks for reading,
Gary Peters
United States Senator for Michigan |
