The Washington Post: Congress is moving uncharacteristically fast to address the Department of Veterans Affairs’ scheduling crisis, with the House on Tuesday passing a stand-alone bill that would allow the VA to tackle treatment delays with help from the private sector and the Senate preparing to debate legislation that would enact broad changes for the agency.
The developments came one day after the VA released the results of a nationwide audit that found that more than 100,000 veterans are experiencing extensive wait times for care and that about 13 percent of VA schedulers were told to falsify appointment-request dates, further confirming allegations that VA medical centers have manipulated appointment records to hide treatment delays.
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