Unreal! Phoenix VA bosses return to agency Monday after 19 months paid leave

The terrible story of the Phoenix, Arizona VA’s secret waiting lists continues to cause jaws to drop:

Two VA administrators suspended in Phoenix wait-list scandal to return to work Monday after 19 months of paid leave. https://t.co/oUgcd0XQbr

— Dan Nowicki (@dannowicki) January 9, 2016

Phoenix VA bosses return to work next week after a 19-month suspension from delayed care. https://t.co/0PoUIi6U6f pic.twitter.com/sZxibR6rZP

— azcentral (@azcentral) January 9, 2016

Nineteen months of paid leave must have been considered enough “accountability”:

Two Department of Veterans Affairs administrators in Phoenix who were suspended at the outset of a crisis over delayed patient care will return to work Monday, 19 months after they were put on paid leave and given termination notices.

Lance Robinson, associate director of the Phoenix VA Health Care System, will be assigned as a strategic planner at the VA’s southwest regional office in Gilbert, known as VISN 18, according to spokeswoman Jean Schaefer. Brad Curry, the system’s chief of Health Administration Services, will serve as a health systems specialist.

Absolutely unbelievable.

https://twitter.com/ViLife101/status/685648390885998594

I cannot even believe this. #VAfail #putveteransfirst https://t.co/Vrk9r6RaJN

— Kyrsten Sinema (@SenatorSinema) January 9, 2016

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