EXCLUSIVE: Top VA Official Blasts Media Coverage Of Scandals As Politically Motivated, Cites Progressive Magazine

The Daily Caller reports:

At a Department of Veterans Affairs conference on compensation and pensions, Principal Deputy Under Secretary for Health Richard Stone suggested Monday that media coverage of VA scandals is politically motivated, according to emails obtained by The Daily Caller News Foundation.

In a speech he delivered Monday at the conference comprised of senior administration, Stone blasted the media for blowing up the Phoenix VA scandal beyond the actions of just a few unethical employees and suggesting wait list manipulation was a problem endemic to the entire VA health care system.

Stone pointed out the media has been relentless in attacking the VA, despite the fact that the problems the VA is suffering are problems shared by the civilian health care system in the United States.

Stone cited a survey that stated 80 percent of veterans say they are satisfied with how quickly they can obtain services at the VA.

Just think: over 80% of the public was happy with there health insurance before ObamaCare. Just a reminder : single payer means VA medicine.