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Veterans Agency Made Secret Deal Over Benefits
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by nanute | September 15, 2010 at 01:22 am
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In yet another sign of putting the interests of corporations and profits ahead of a sense of fairness and equity, allegations are surfacing that Prudential Insurance Company is seeking to profit off of dead American service members. Recently released documents appear to confirm that The Veterans Administration and the Prudential Insurance Company has altered the terms of agreement that require lump sum payments to survivors of fallen US soldiers when requested by beneficiaries. The change to the terms of the original agreement were verbally approved by both parties in 1999.
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs failed to inform 6 million soldiers and their families of an agreement enabling Prudential Financial Inc. to withhold lump-sum payments of life insurance benefits for survivors of fallen service members, according to records made public through a Freedom of Information request.
The amendment to Prudential’s contract is the first document to show how VA officials sanctioned a payment practice that has spurred investigations by lawmakers and regulators. Since 1999, Prudential has used so-called retained-asset accounts, which allow the company to withhold lump-sum payments due to survivors and earn investment income on the money for itself.
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at 15:48 on September 23rd, 2010
A Cuts & Runs On Lady Vets
How about this story Retired General Eric K. Shenseki? If throwing your neighbors, staff, customers, clients, friends, lover, partner, community, veteran, or wife under the wheels of the bus is right, I am scared to know what wrong is.
Heck of A Way You Treat A Sick Veteran Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch
Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch, director of the Reno, Nevada located Ioannis A. Lougaris VA Medical Center, why your no direct interaction with veterans?
VA's Mission
"To care for him who shall have borne the battle and for his widow and his orphan." - Abraham Lincoln
What's wrong with this current Mission of the VA? Why where are the women in this current VA Mission?! The VA clearly has in its current mission statement only men so that explains why women vets keep getting shafted. That current mission of the VA is now plain wrong in its exclusion of woman in its him and his pronouns. To care for those who shall have borne the battle and for their widow and their orphan includes women.
VA Care for U.S. Military Female Veterans Still Lacking - TIME
All a veteran should have to do is one battle, and then someone else should carry his or her paid load from there. That’s childish and unrealistic I’m told. http://www.reno.va.gov/about/leadership.asp
Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch, director of the Reno Veterans Medical Center http://www.reno.va.gov/about/index.asp, I’m still waiting for a response and apology to my complaint about the Reno Veterans Medical Center police chief pulling a gun on me, that severely frightened me, refusing to see my VA id and forcing me to move my car from the patient parking since as he phrased it: “You’re not a veteran. This’ for our veterans. Our veterans are old alcoholic men. Now go park somewhere else.” That made me late for my Women’s Clinic appointment there with Zola Ferguson. Tell me, Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch, director of the Reno Veterans Medical Center, how is it the VA police chief does not know the medical center he works at has a Women’s Health Clinic or that there are women veterans?
Why does the director of the Reno Veterans Medical Center, you Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch CCCCCC, have, and strictly follow, a Really-Stupid-Policy of no direct interaction with veterans? Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch refuses to meet face-to-face with veterans. Why? How does that serve and honor me the veteran? Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch refuses to talk on the phone with a veteran. Why? How does that serve and honor me the veteran? Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch refuses to answer veteran’s letters. Why? How does that serve and honor me the veteran? Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch refuses to e-mail with a veteran. Why? How does that serve and honor me the veteran? Isn’t helping me the veteran your job Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch, director of the Reno Veterans Medical Center?
That all is major immature, un-American, unprofessional, unpatriotic, intolerant, arrogant, disrespectful, and foolishly stupid very bad choices. Why? How does that serve and honor me the veteran? As a veteran, I find Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch’s policy highly offensive to me as it is deliberate malicious interference with my civil rights. Not surprising considering Head-Up-His-Ass Dr Kurt as their leader and example, these un-American low-life attempts to stifle veteran’s and veteran’s family and friend’s civil rights occur with far too often miserable regularity throughout the Reno Veterans Medical Center. Well Reno Veterans Medical Center director, one Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch.
I guess here is where I’m gonna have to tell you why I want to meet with you since you’ve so proudly, thoroughly and disdainfully blocked all other communication channels to you. Isn’t helping me the veteran your job Dr. Kurt W. Schlegelmilch, director of the Reno Veterans Medical Center?
WHERE’S THE FEMALE VET’S BED ATTIRE?