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June 10, 2014

VA Audit Shows 100,000 Waiting Months for Health Care 
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In the U.S., an internal audit by the Department of Veterans Affairs has
found more than 57,000 veterans have been waiting at least three months
for an initial appointment to see a doctor, while about 43,000 have
appointments more than three months away. Across hundreds of VA medical
facilities, 13 percent of schedulers reported being instructed to
falsify data on wait times. The audit was ordered by former Veterans
Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki before he resigned last month over the
scandal.

 

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