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WASHINGTON DC -<\/b> Los senadores estadounidenses de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden est\u00e1n<\/span> exigiendo acci\u00f3n inmediata<\/span><\/a> Following reports of significant delays in veterans’ prescription medications through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS).<\/span><\/p>\n

En una carta al director general de correos, Louis DeJoy, y al secretario de VA, Robert Wilkie, Merkley y Wyden se unieron a 29 colegas del Senado para instar al USPS a corregir los cambios operativos que retrasan innecesariamente el acceso de los veteranos a las recetas que salvan vidas.<\/span><\/p>\n

"Los veteranos y el VA deber\u00edan poder contar con USPS para la entrega oportuna de medicamentos recetados esenciales". escribieron los senadores.<\/b> \u201cNing\u00fan veterano deber\u00eda tener que preguntarse cu\u00e1ndo llegar\u00e1n sus medicamentos antidepresivos o para la presi\u00f3n arterial, y los efectos pueden ser devastadores si se olvidan las dosis\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n

Los senadores continuaron,<\/b> “USPS needs to immediately cease operational changes that are causing mail delays so that veterans do not needlessly suffer from illnesses worsened by delayed medication deliveries. Those who gave so much to serve this country should be able to count on the nation’s Postal Service to deliver their medications in a timely manner.”<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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