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>> period. >> draper is the director for health care investigations for the gao which has labeled va health care high risk in terms of government management and has done so since 2015. draper says even today the vas wait time data is simply not to be believed. theyre longer. >> oh, yes. in almost every case we find the actual wait times are longer than what the va is reporting. >> it has been nearly four years since cnn began exposing the secret wait lists and fabricated wait times and delays in...

>> reporter: it has been nearly four years since cnn exposed the wait time. fabricated wait times, delays inpatients who have died waiting for that care. its been three years since congress approved $16 billion in additional funds for the va to fix those problems. in fact since 2009, the vas budget has nearly doubled. and yet the problems and some would say the lies at the va persist. >> still happening. >> reporter: eric handel is the lead investigator for the congressional committee that led a...