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Archive for Congressional Oversight

VA Mismanagement and Government-sponsored Health Plans

Posted by bosskitty

If I had to choose between high priced arrogant profiteering insurance corporations and uninspired, underpaid, uninterested bureaucratic medical providers, I would hitchhike to Mexico or Canada.

Posted by bosskitty June 15th, 2009 | Tags: AMA, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Economics of Health, Health Care, Medical System, Medicare, Obama, Public Health, US Congress Committee on Oversight | Category: Accountability, American Medical Association, Big Pharma, Congressional Oversight, Department of Veterans' Affairs, Economics of Health, Health Care, Insurance, Medical System, Medicare, Mismanagement, PTSD, Public Health, VA, Veterans Health Administration, War Cost, mental health, negligence, veterans benefits | Comments (7)

That Awful Sucking Sound “We don’t know what we paid for” In Iraq

Posted by bosskitty

US paying allies to fight war in Iraq
NEW DELHI: The tale of massive fraud and embezzlement of millions of dollars by the US military in its operations in Iraq continues. Testifying before the US Congress Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on 22 May, Mary Ugone, deputy inspector general of accounts in the [...]

Posted by bosskitty May 30th, 2008 | Tags: fraud, Iraq, Mary Ugone, Tax Dollars, US Congress Committee on Oversight, Waxman | Category: Civilian Army, Congressional Oversight, Contractors, Corporate Corruption, Iraq, Mary Ugone, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, War Cost, Waxman | Leave a comment

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