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For First Time, VA Releases Internal Quality Rankings For ClinicsThe move comes after a USA Today investigation reveals the rankings. In other news, ProPublica files a suit against the agency saying it f hydrojug canada ailed to turn over information on Agent Orange. USA Today:VA Reverses Course, Releases Health Care Quality DataThe Department of Veterans Affairs has quietly re stanley website leased quality-of-care ratings for its medical centers across the country, despite years of refusing to share them with the public. The move follows a USA TODAY investigation that revealed ratings for 146 VA medical centers for the first time earlier this month. VA Secretar owala usa y Bob McDonald complained at the time that their publication across the USA TODAY Network caused unwarranted distress to veterans and could dissuade them from getting care. Slack, 12/20 ProPublica roPublica Files Lawsuit Seeking Agent Orange Documents From The VA聽ProPublica has sued the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, claiming the agency failed to promptly process a request for correspondence with a consultant about Agent Orange, a toxic defoliant used during the Vietnam War. The lawsuit, filed late Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., alleges that the delays violated the Freedom of Information Act, a 50-year-old law whose mission is to provide the public with information about government operations. Ornstein, 12/20 Read ProPublica s recent coverage on the issue:聽Agent Orange A Poison Seeping Into Family Trees, Vets WorryAnd in Zesn First Edition: Monday, Nov. 4, 2024
Senate Confirms Kansas Gov. Sebelius as HHS SecretaryPresident Obama on Tuesday swore in Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius D as HHS secretary after the Senate voted 65-31 t owala o approve her nomination, Politico reports Kady, Politico, 4/28 . The vote was largely along party lines, with nine Republicans voting to confirm Sebelius Lengell, Washington Times, 4/29 . Although Senate Republicans had attempted to delay Sebelius confirmation because of concerns about her stance on abortion, they yeezy mexico opted not to continue procedural objections in light of the recent swine flu emergency Kamen, Washington Post, 4/29 . Sebelius was the last member of Obama s Cabinet to be confirmed and sworn in Brady, Roll Call, 4/28 .Obama said, We wanted to swear her in right away because we yeezy ve got a lot of health challenges, adding, We need all hands on deck. I expect her to hit the ground running. She is the right person at the right time for the job. Following Sebelius swearing-in ceremony, she received a swine flu emergency briefing in the White House Situation Room by John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security Goldstein, Wichita Eagle, 4/29 . Although Sebelius first focus as HHS secretary will be on the swine flu emergency, her larger task will be helping to pass an overhaul of the U.S. health care system, according to the AP/Kansas City Star Werner, AP/Kansas City Star, 4/29 . The Wall Street Journal reports that Senate leaders, with whom Sebelius will be working, on Wednes |
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