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Drew griffin has the details. >> reporter: it is a report that talks of schemes, recordkeeping deception, and 1700 veterans seeking appointments but were not on any wait list that would get them one. added to it is the explanation of just how veterans seeking care in this phoenix va were hidden away, kept off the books in four separate schemes, including tricking veterans into accepting appointments far into the future. deleting appointments within 14 days old. actually manipulating data, simply...

Across the country, and by the independent inspector general for the v.a. the tentative timeline for that inspector general to finish his final report is august. but today the inspector general released an interim report, that focused mostly on the v.a. medical center in phoenix, arizona, which is where this new iteration of these allegations started, although it does address some systemic findings. and the findings so far from the ig do both confirm the initial allegations and shed light on the...

Meanwhile, eric shinseki also speaking out in "usa today," he calls the findings of the new report reprehensible. confirms 1700 patients at the medical center in phoenix were not placed on an official wait list for treatment. the white house now saying shinseki is on thin ice. as more lawmakers including democrats are calling for shinsekis resignation. this is a big political story now. john king is off but that doesnt mean its not a story, so were going to bring in retired va hospital physician...

Started, although it does address some systemic findings. and the findings so far from the ig do both confirm the initial allegations and shed light on the scope of the problem. the v.a. inspector general says that he found that there are 1,400 veterans on the wait list in phoenix, waiting to see a primary care doctor, but there are 1,700 veterans who would also like to see a primary care doctor, but who havent actually been put on the list. the inspector general found that the manipulation of w...

Send veterans outside the system. theyre not doing it at the rate necessary to clear the wait list. that is the plea. the impatience of the american people is not about how did we get here. the impatience is where are so many on the wait list when you have the authority to change that today. if the president would come out with an answer, i would be the first one as a republican member to applaud him because thats what he needs to do. >> if shinseki were to pass along to the president the proble...

Lawyering up. >> well, it is curious. they did in the i.g. report, find paper printouts of hundreds of records where people were asking for primary care appointments at the v.a. hospital. they were never entered into the official computer. they just had a paper of it. so yesterday that dr. thomas lynch there, he said there were no wait lists. however, his staff did tell him what they referred to as interim work products. so the paper wait lists were not wait list, they were interim work products...

Interim report says that as a direct consequence of not appropriately putting veterans on the wait list, phoenix leadership significantly understated the time new patients waited for their primary care appointments. and they did in their performance appraisal accomplishments, which is one of the factors considered for awards and salary increases. so at their meetings where theyre negotiating essentially their own bonuses and the basis of their own bonuses, thats when these numbers came into play...

>> all right. heres an update on our breaking news. we are getting official reaction from the va secretary to this new information in addition to the myriad of other developments when it comes to this va scandal that cnn and all of our months of investigating burst wide open. the latest developments other than these alleged fake wait lists is the fact that now were hearing that there were 1700 veterans who wanted to be put on this wait list. we know that they have been investigating some 26 or s...

Veterans seeking care but were not on any existing waiting list. the inspector generals report says this, we recommend the veterans affairs secretary take immediate action to review and provide appropriate health care to the 1,700 veterans we identified as not being on any existing wait list. i want to get your immediate reaction. this is pretty shocking information, senator. >> well, its terrible, too, and it obviously calls for immediate action. the report requires. i think also, wolf, its pro...

All started. sources calling this damaging, taking confirmation of the secret wait list. the incidents are department-wide, systemic, averaging 115 days for a veteran to get a first medical appointment. and the schemes at the v.a. has been jeopardizing patient safety. that led arizona senator john mccain to draw this conclusion some time ago. >> i also believe with some reluctance that it is given the lack of responsiveness of secretary shinseki, with numerous inquiries from others, that it is t...