{"id":3162,"date":"2020-08-18T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T16:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/merkley-wyden-demand-postal-service-address-delivery-delays-of-veterans-prescription-drugs-2020\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:06:25","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:06:25","slug":"merkley-wyden-demand-postal-service-address-delivery-delays-of-veterans-prescription-drugs-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/merkley-wyden-demand-postal-service-address-delivery-delays-of-veterans-prescription-drugs-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Merkley y Wyden exigen retrasos en la entrega de medicamentos recetados para veteranos en la direcci\u00f3n del servicio postal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><span>WASHINGTON DC -<\/span><\/b><span> Los senadores estadounidenses de Oreg\u00f3n Jeff Merkley y Ron Wyden est\u00e1n <\/span><span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.veterans.senate.gov\/download\/usps-delays\"><span>exigiendo acci\u00f3n inmediata<\/span><\/a><span> tras los informes de retrasos significativos en los medicamentos recetados de los veteranos a trav\u00e9s del Servicio Postal de EE. 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(USPS).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>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<blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>&quot;Los veteranos y el VA deber\u00edan poder contar con USPS para la entrega oportuna de medicamentos recetados esenciales&quot;. <b>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<p class=\"wordsection1\"><b><span>Los senadores continuaron,<\/span><\/b><span> \u201cUSPS necesita cesar de inmediato los cambios operativos que est\u00e1n causando demoras en el correo para que los veteranos no sufran innecesariamente enfermedades exacerbadas por las entregas demoradas de medicamentos. Aquellos que dieron tanto para servir a este pa\u00eds deber\u00edan poder contar con el Servicio Postal de la naci\u00f3n para entregar sus medicamentos de manera oportuna\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>El VA surte alrededor del 80 por ciento de sus recetas a trav\u00e9s de su Farmacia para pacientes ambulatorios por correo consolidado (CMOP, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s), que utiliza principalmente el Servicio Postal de los EE. UU. para entregar a los hogares de los veteranos. El VA CMOP surte casi 120 millones de recetas al a\u00f1o, con entregas que llegan diariamente a unos 330,000 veteranos en todo el pa\u00eds. Seg\u00fan el sitio web de VA, &quot;las recetas suelen llegar en un plazo de 3 a 5 d\u00edas&quot;. Los informes de los veteranos y el personal de VA han dicho que recientemente, estos medicamentos a veces tardan semanas en entregarse y hacen que los veteranos pierdan dosis de medicamentos vitales.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>Los senadores Merkley y Wyden son <\/span><span>liderando la carga en <span>al Senado para garantizar que USPS tenga los recursos que necesita para continuar con sus servicios vitales de entrega de correo durante la pandemia. la semana pasada, ellos <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tester.senate.gov\/files\/Letters\/08%2012%2020%20USPS%20First%20Class%20Mail%20Letter.pdf\">inst\u00f3 a DeJoy<\/a><span> revertir la decisi\u00f3n de no considerar autom\u00e1ticamente el correo electoral como correo de primera clase, lo que <\/span>aumentar el costo de las elecciones para los estados que ya tienen un presupuesto limitado y podr\u00eda amenazar con privar a los votantes de sus derechos. Tambi\u00e9n aparecieron recientemente en la oficina de correos de Sellwood para resaltar los impactos que estas nuevas pol\u00edticas disruptivas han causado y piden su reversi\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"wordsection1\"><span>Lea la carta completa de los senadores<\/span><span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.veterans.senate.gov\/download\/usps-delays\"><b>AQU\u00cd<\/b><\/a>. <\/span><span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. &ndash; Oregon&rsquo;s U.S. Senators Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden are demanding immediate action following reports of significant delays in veterans&rsquo; prescription medications through the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). 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