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Veterans got letters like this. why cant they get it right? >> you see the numbers, and whats important to point out is we know about this because this is a va facility, a federal facility, and it has to report this information. >> yes. you are so right. >> connection here. >> the connection here is that this could be happening and is happening in hospitals around the country but they dont necessarily write a press release about it. the infections that people get in the hospital kill tens of tho...

People who need it. 90% of veterans in a poll conducted by the vfw said they would rather improve the system than dismantle it. independence assessments is found that va health care outperforms comparable private facilities. thats why the major veterans groups do not want to move the va towards privatization. you know who does? the koch brothers and their ally who have been on a mission to demonize the va and led by a group pete hegseth who took his talking points straight to trump tv. >> the mo...

Would rather improve the system than dismantle it. independence assessments is found that va health care outperforms comparable private facilities. thats why the major veterans groups do not want to move the va towards privatization. you know who does? the koch brothers and their ally who have been on a mission to demonize the va and led by a group pete hegseth who took his talking points straight to trump tv. >> the most important aspect is giving veterans a choice to either go to a va facility...

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Schedules at four va medical centers hit actual wait times, fudged the numbers and backdated appointments to meet timeliness goals set by department headquarters. the goal is not to make the books look better, but the golfs to make the system look better. for months, the committee has been pressing the va for answers on this and then in april, news broke as many as 40 veterans may have died at one va facility alone in phoenix waiting for care that would never come. a story the president commente...

Witnesses and being told by va, you dont need that witness, heres the witness we want to send. and they have done that over and over and over. patti ann: doug mckelway is live at the white house with more on this story. hi, doug. >> reporter: hi, patti ann. three senior officials from the department of veterans affairs did not show up for todays business meeting of the house committee on veterans affairs, even as they were asked to comply with a subpoena that means bring with you under the penal...

>> wed like some accountability and some transparency. we want to see a plan of action. whats going to happen? how will these wrongs going to be righted? and something that helps the veteran -- restore the faith in this system for veterans? veterans need to be able to walk into a va health care facility and know that theyll receive timely and quality health care. no veteran should die because they go to a va facility. >> of course, were working and waiting on the inspector general report here, b...

Schedules at four va medical centers hit actual wait times, fudged the numbers and backdated appointments to meet timeliness goals set by department headquarters. the goal is not to make the books look better, but the golfs to make the system look better. for months, the committee has been pressing the va for answers on this and then in april, news broke as many as 40 veterans may have died at one va facility alone in phoenix waiting for care that would never come. a story the president commente...