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The decision to the bureaucrat or the doctor as opposed to the veteran. are you committed to giving that choice to the veteran? >> we are definitely committed to a system that gives choice to veterans. what were trying to do right now is to build a system thats based on the clinical needs of veterans. thats the way every health system in the country works and our veterans deserve no less. right now we have administrative rules that veterans have to fit into. and were committed to taking the admi...

Will bear proclaim for all of this that premium will go up, and health care will be more expensive for millions of americans, that is what democrats say if in let this thing implode. >> look i think democrats should come to the table and try to negotiate something. and then it wont implode, by the way, insurers, insurers have gamed the system by insisting again on one-size-fits-all when means only the large insurers can forward it if you are in business as a small insurer, you could do well with...

Are starting to arrive here at the event in houston. lets take you now to inside the room where the event will be going on. it gets started in 30 minutes or so. the stage is set up. and we are aawaiting the senator. senator cruz is holding the public meet and greets with the concerned group, republicans for america to hold for their experiences when it comes to getting health care. to identify whats broken with the system and how to fix it. one talking point, senator cruise has brought up repeat...

Keep our promises to those who have kept us free. since my first day in office we have taken one action after another to make sure our veterans get the care they so richly deserve. we published wait times. those wait times were bad, werent they? but, boy, are they getting better and fast. we published them at every va facility. delivered same-day mental health services at every va medical center. nearly doubled. the number of veterans given approvals to see the doctor of their choice. [cheers an...

After another to make sure that our veterans get the care that theyve so richly deserved. weve published wait times. they were bad, werent they? but boy are they getting better and fast. and weve published them at every v.a. facility, delivered same-day mental health services at every v.a. medical center nearly doubled. the number of veterans given approvals to see the doctor of their choice. and as i said, just signed brand-new legislation, went through the house, went through the senate and i ...

>> 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...

Lead investigator, for the congressional committee that led a years-long investigation into veterans dying while waiting for care. yes, he says, then as now, the va is not telling the truth about wait times. >> none of it. the office of the inspector general says the same thing and it was that way in 2014 when he reported on the wait time scandal. it is that way in 2017. you still cannot trust vas information. >> in fact, just this march, a damning va inspector general on seven medical centers i...

Helped expose how veterans were being badly mistreated by the va medical system responsible for their care. president trump tried to address the problem, but many issues remain unsolved even today, and on friday, president trump signed a new law that should give the va more power to fire bad employees, veterans and advocates say its past time the system gets fixed. cnns drew griffin has more. >> first of all, the scandal erupted when whistle blowers bravely came forward and proved the va was lyi...

V.a. is not telling the truth about wait times. >> none of it. the office of inspector general says the same thing. it was that way in 2014 when reported on the wait time scandal. it is that way in 2017. cannot trust the v.a.s information. >> just this march a damming v.a. inspector general report on seven medical centers found patients waited an average of 61 days for specialty care. two months and the report found many patients in specialty care services experienced long wait times which were ...

[ applause ] well never have to use those words. never have to use those words on our david. we will never use those words on you, thats for sure. that one never fails, does it, tom? since my first day in office, weve taken one action after another to insure our veterans and make sure, have to make sure that they get world class care. and the kind of care that theyve been promised by so many different people for so many years. weve created a new office of accountability at the va, which will emp...