Another View -- Roger Wilkins: We can't let our heroes down | New Hampshire

Another View -- Roger Wilkins: We can't let our heroes down | New Hampshire

By ROGER WILKINS

Two years after the secret healthcare wait list scandal within the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs made national headlines, veterans’ care is still inconsistent and unreliable. It’s an especially important issue for the more than 115,000 New Hampshire veterans, many of whom rely on the VA for their medical needs.
 The first step toward reform is realizing the massive scale of the problem. VA officials first tried to dismiss the excessive and dangerous waits for doctor appointments as isolated in nature. Yet recently published reports by the VA Inspector General’s Office reveal these harmful practices were widespread, including here in New Hampshire.