Hundreds of military families seeking compensation for medical malpractice



It’s been more than three years since legislation was signed giving service members the right to file claims and to receive compensation when they get poor medical care. Vicky Nguyen speaks with Richard Stayskal, Army Green Beret, on how roughly 200 military families are waiting for a resolution. 

» Subscribe to NBC News: http://nbcnews.to/SubscribeToNBC
» Watch more NBC video: http://bit.ly/MoreNBCNews

NBC News Digital is a collection of innovative and powerful news brands that deliver compelling, diverse and engaging news stories. NBC News Digital features NBCNews.com, MSNBC.com, TODAY.com, Nightly News, Meet the Press, Dateline, and the existing apps and digital extensions of these respective properties. We deliver the best in breaking news, live video coverage, original journalism and segments from your favorite NBC News Shows.

Connect with NBC News Online!
NBC News App: https://smart.link/5d0cd9df61b80
Breaking News Alerts: https://link.nbcnews.com/join/5cj/breaking-news-signup?cid=sm_npd_nn_yt_bn-clip_190621
Visit NBCNews.Com: http://nbcnews.to/ReadNBC
Find NBC News on Facebook: http://nbcnews.to/LikeNBC
Follow NBC News on Twitter: http://nbcnews.to/FollowNBC
Get more of NBC News delivered to your inbox: nbcnews.com/newsletters

#Malpractice #Military #Compensation

source

23 comments

  1. This situation is also for civilians who injured in the war zone and they are not get justice and medical treatments . Someone need stop these malpractice, these traitor doctors, corruption in labor department, defense dept. where is accountability ? This is shame of our government and how treat people who they served this country and treat like garbage by this sweet government .

  2. Check out Angry cops latest video on the vaccine mandate…
    Blanket denials for every single religious exemptions from the jab…
    Wtf is going on with the federal guv'ment?

  3. YEAH MOST DOCTORS IN THE MILITARY DONT CARE. MANY INCIDENTS OF MALPRACTICE MILITARY SHOULD NOT EXPERIENCE THIS KIND OF TREATMENT. THE GOVERNMENT IS USING THE MILITARY BUT NO PROPER MEDICAL SUPPORT WHEN MILITARY NEED THEM.

  4. My grandfather is 79 broke his arm 5 years ago and the VA hospital told them they couldn't fix it and now a doctor at hospital is telling him years later they can fix his arm. He is fighting lung cancer stage 3 right now. Y'all use and abuse those that fight for our rights and want us to sit back and shut up. My grandfather deserves justice for all the malpractice he has been given. He is in pain everyday because his arm is broke

  5. As a military retiree, I don’t see the glory in serving the military. People are blindly volunteering to serve a country and organization that could give two craps about you or your family. They are going to use you until your body doesn’t work anymore because you signed a contract and you belong to them. Very draconian in concept because there are indeed draconian’s in charge of our government.

  6. Hey now! I had a whole 4 months of military medical training before I started treating patients. That’s plenty! 🥴

  7. I'm so sorry for everyone who has been left behind by the Dept of Defense.

  8. May the grace of God quickly help our military and bless their health.

  9. Deepest respect and hope for immediate success for ALL of the current Victims of this travesty. May you be in excellent health soon and ongoing.

    To the Victims who passed on sure to this negligence- America failed you and we owe you a debt we can never pay. May your Loved Ones be comforted by the warmth of your Light and Love. 🕊

  10. The V.A. just wants to pill you up until you're dead.

  11. Ridiculous that everything should be spelled out in detail – treatment on ship, type of treatment, missed diagnosis – these folks served/are serving their country. They deserve better.

  12. Yeah, ask anyone in the military. Malpractice is huge. It's a running joke for all. Misdiagnosis of a year for me cost me a promotion and penalized my career because doctors said I was faking a knee injury. Year after the injury I finally got a cat scan and all of a suddenI they sent me head of the line for repair but not even an apology.

  13. Typical, their lives and blood for greed and oil, and they can't even get medical help. My brother died two years ago after constant denials and attempts to not treat him.

  14. CAN I SEEK THE SAME….DO I HAVE RIGHTS TO MANS SPIRITUAL UNIVERSE LEFT SHOULDER AGENDA TO GOVERNMENT PROPAGANDA AND AGENDAS….TO ITS POLITICS AND PAPER..

  15. Thanks to Rep. Speier for her help with this one. Our military families should have our full support. This business of shortchanging or denying patients for the sake of short term expediency, gratification or greed has got to stop. It happens in civilian life as well and is messed up, to put it mildly. But nowhere is it more egregious than in this ugly and cavalier dismissal of our military veterans. This needs to be fixed.

  16. Military, the worlds pin cushions

  17. Went to the doc for muscle spasms/ tics, left with cholesterol and blood pressure meds.😂

  18. Your so right but then trump got caught for stealing 2 million from charities including our Veterans!

  19. Me and my kids are one them

  20. Trump was the best president ever.

  21. Government officials that place protections in place that remove accountability are the most unamerican people that ever lived in the US.

  22. That's the ONLY good thing that the GOP has done in 50 years.