{"id":5053,"date":"2017-04-10T14:23:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-10T18:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/portland-va-to-temporarily-stop-removing-vets-from-caregiver-program\/"},"modified":"2023-07-24T11:08:57","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T15:08:57","slug":"portland-va-to-temporarily-stop-removing-vets-from-caregiver-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merkley.senate.gov\/es\/portland-va-to-temporarily-stop-removing-vets-from-caregiver-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Portland VA dejar\u00e1 de retirar temporalmente a los veterinarios del programa de cuidadores"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bajo la presi\u00f3n de los l\u00edderes del Congreso de Oreg\u00f3n, Portland VA dijo el lunes que ha dejado de retirar temporalmente a las personas de un programa que paga a los c\u00f3nyuges de veteranos discapacitados para que sean cuidadores.<\/p>\n<p>Daniel Herrigstad, un vocero de Portland VA, dijo que la suspensi\u00f3n afect\u00f3 a un veterano cuya elegibilidad estaba siendo revisada activamente. La suspensi\u00f3n permanecer\u00e1 vigente \u201chasta que recibamos m\u00e1s orientaci\u00f3n\u201d del director nacional del programa de cuidadores y los funcionarios regionales, dijo.<\/p>\n<p>Portland VA ha eliminado un total de 207 veteranos del programa de seis a\u00f1os. Cincuenta y siete participan actualmente.<\/p>\n<p>El cambio anunciado se produjo horas despu\u00e9s de que los seis dem\u00f3cratas en la delegaci\u00f3n del Congreso de Oreg\u00f3n exigieran respuestas y le pidieran al secretario de Asuntos de Veteranos, David Shulkin, que detuviera de inmediato las revocaciones en Portland.<\/p>\n<p>La carta de los legisladores le ped\u00eda a Shulkin que respondiera una larga lista de preguntas sobre la forma en que se administra el programa de $725 millones en el Noroeste. citaron&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oregonlive.com\/watchdog\/index.ssf\/2017\/03\/frustration_few_answers_after.html\">La historia de Oregonian\/OregonLive<\/a>&nbsp;de un veterano de Salem que fue expulsado del programa sin explicaci\u00f3n.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLa historia plantea serias preocupaciones con la gesti\u00f3n del programa a nivel local\u201d, escribieron los dem\u00f3cratas.<\/p>\n<p>El veterano de Irak que aparece en la historia, Aaron Olivas, particip\u00f3 en un programa de Asuntos de Veteranos llamado Asistencia Integral para Cuidadores Familiares durante cuatro a\u00f1os. Hasta junio pasado, a su esposa, Jennifer, le pagaban $2,020 al mes por ser su cuidadora. Regres\u00f3 de Irak con una lesi\u00f3n cerebral traum\u00e1tica y un trastorno de estr\u00e9s postraum\u00e1tico que le impiden trabajar.<\/p>\n<p>Pero la familia Olivas fue expulsada el a\u00f1o pasado sin ninguna explicaci\u00f3n y se rechazaron dos apelaciones. La familia Olivas no est\u00e1 sola. Otros veteranos est\u00e1n presentando historias similares, se\u00f1alaron los legisladores.<\/p>\n<p>Los funcionarios de VA en Portland tienen m\u00e1s probabilidades de expulsar a los veteranos del programa de cuidadores que en otros lugares, seg\u00fan muestran las estad\u00edsticas del programa. Aunque se puede apelar la decisi\u00f3n, los veterinarios de Portland se ven obligados a confiar en un sistema opaco que ofrece pocas explicaciones. Ni un solo caso apelado ha sido revertido aqu\u00ed.<\/p>\n<p>Olivas agradeci\u00f3 el escrutinio del Congreso y el anuncio de VA. \u201cQuiero evitar que otros compa\u00f1eros de batalla m\u00edos y otros veteranos sean expulsados injustamente de este programa\u201d, dijo. &quot;Se siente tan irreal ser escuchado y ser escuchado&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Los dem\u00f3cratas le pidieron al secretario de VA que detallara c\u00f3mo se compara la tasa de remoci\u00f3n del programa de Portland con otras instalaciones de VA y que explicara por qu\u00e9 es m\u00e1s alta.<\/p>\n<p>La carta de los legisladores sigue a un llamado anterior para detener las revocaciones del representante Kurt Schrader, un dem\u00f3crata de Salem. A \u00e9l se unieron en la carta los senadores Ron Wyden y Jeff Merkley, y los representantes Suzanne Bonamici, Earl Blumenauer y Peter DeFazio.<\/p>\n<p>Aunque Greg Walden, el \u00fanico representante republicano de Oreg\u00f3n, no firm\u00f3 la carta, un portavoz dijo que la apoyaba.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under pressure from Oregon&#8217;s congressional leaders, the Portland VA said Monday that it has temporarily stopped removing people from a program that pays spouses of disabled veterans to be caregivers. Daniel Herrigstad, a Portland VA spokesman, said the suspension affected one veteran whose eligibility was being actively reviewed. 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