The Patriot Post® · VA Solutions Aren't Inspiring

New Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald promised he will work to make the department “put veterans at the center of everything we do.” McDonald took the reins in July when Eric Shinseki resigned after the wait-time scandal broke. CBS News reports, “At his first news conference as secretary, McDonald unveiled what he called a three-point plan to rebuild trust among veterans, improve service delivery and set a course for the agency’s long-term future. The plan should be implemented by Veterans Day, Nov. 11, he said. The former Procter & Gamble CEO also said he wants to make the VA less formal, starting with his own title. ‘Call me Bob,’ not Mr. Secretary, he said.” In July, Congress authorized $16 billion in additional spending to fix the system. We’re not optimistic that more money is what the doctor ordered. The problems at the VA weren’t limited to Phoenix, where the scandal broke – the VA suffers from systemic bureaucratic ineptitude, and it’s not going to cut it to throw more money at the problem or for a bureaucrat to say “call me Bob.” More…