Morning Muster : Wealthy Surgeon Uses Dead Veteran To Evade Taxes ~ THE 5TH ESTATE ASIA

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Morning Muster : Wealthy Surgeon Uses Dead Veteran To Evade Taxes

Thursday, April 16, 2015

Time for a 10 million Veteran march on DC

VETERANS BENEFITS GUIDE DAILY
04/15/2015

The Toxic Exposure Research Act asks Veterans Affairs to create a center to research the effects of toxic exposures on vets, their children and their grandchildren, as well as declassifying some events of toxic exposure, reports The Detroit News’ Melissa Nann Burke. It is co-sponsored by Rep. Dan Benishek, R-Michigan, and Rep. Mike Honda, D-California, who introduced it.

The House released a bill Tuesday to fund military and veteran housing and benefits that’s $1.2 billion below President Obama’s request, reports The Hill’s Rebecca Shabad.

However, it’s more than the 2015 budget and includes money already set aside last year in advance appropriations.

Here’s a breakdown of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill.

Lord. A wealthy VA surgeon pleaded guilty to creating phony invoices for disabled veterans, as well as a dead veteran, to avoid paying taxes, reports The Daily Beast’s Michael Daly.

The Arizona Republic’s Dennis Wagner continues his look at the VA scandal one year after it began in Phoenix.

Even with vouchers, some homeless veterans say they can’t find apartments, reports the Idaho Statesman’s Anna Webb.

Soldiers returning to Camp Taji in Iraq found the Iraqi soldiers they trained back before leaving in 2011 are nowhere to be seen, reports The New York Times’Rod Nordland.

A new committee was formed to help VA come up with better customer-service methods, reports Stars & Stripes’ Heath Druzin. VA Secretary Bob McDonald told Druzin they act as a “board of directors” to offer advice.

A West Virginia VA clinic that has tested high for formaldehyde in air quality tests has closed again, after closing in June 2014 when employees became sick, reports The Associated Press.

Small Business Administration has offered $3.8 million in grants for 14 Veterans Business Outreach Centers to help vets start their own businesses, reports WTVA.

The Washington Post’s Josh Hicks writes about a veteran paralyzed by improper medications and the $21.5 million VA has been ordered to pay for it.

Results of a 10-month investigation into alleged misconduct at a Philadelphia-area VA clinic are expected to be released today, reports The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Tricia L. Nadolny.

First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden will travel to New Orleans Monday to talk about veterans’ homelessness, reports the Times-Picayune’s Bruce Alpert.

A hearing begins at 10:30 this morning as the House looks at how VA handled a hospital construction project near Denver, reports Modern Healthcare’s Andis Robeznieks.

In the meantime, veterans say they’re worried they’ll never get the needed hospital, reports Colorado Public Radio’s John Daley.

Task & Purpose’s Paul D. Mooney reports on things veteran friends will understand that civilians never will. Pass the chili mac…

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