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The resignation of one man? >> no. and it looks like it may be much worse and looks like even the inspector general's report might have been a whitewash. katherine mitchell was at the phoenix v.a. and said it is much worse than has been portrayed. listen. >> the interim report was extremely deceptive. when it talked about the waiting times on the list, because i know what the near list was, i helped hide it. i sensed my v.a. career was over. it's not unusual for the v.a. to make up things and sabotage a career for those who bring it forward. it's not just at the phoenix v.a. but those across t...

Baby -- >> well, your daughter might, judge. >> well, then, she gets her insurance. >> which she gets through the affordable care act. >> let me ask you something, do you need to have insurance for post-menopausal syndrome? >> no, but i need insurance to get my prostate checked, judge. >> but you're paying for insurance for something else. v.a. scandal, it's true, the administration either doesn't know what the hell it's doing or just lies about it. how can the american people trust anything they say at this point? >> i've got to tell you, on this one, i agree with you. i think the v.a. has be...

Government-run and funded health care facility can work? is privatization the answer to this? >> i think so. i really do. in so many regards. i asked the doctor before he resigned, i said do you think you could operate at medicare rates or 105% of medicare rates and be in the black and pay all your bills? he said yes. we negated that because we know how much more fishlt private practice is than the v.a. >> congressman, thank you so much. coming up, new details in the release of army sergeant bowe bergdahl. vogel.

Is working. listen, oi got you. the website didn't work as well as it should have. we had some hiccoups here and there, some folks lost their health care insurance, but folks are finally getting health care coverage. folks are finally getting a chance to go to the doctor and that, judge, is a beautiful thing. >> oh, so you're smoking it too. you go through colorado lately? >> i did not go through colorado lately. >> let me ask you this. people lost their health insurance, they can't see their doctors, we've had cancer patients with terminal illness who can't get to a doctor. you've seen the me...

Because that's what their livelihood is depending on. if it depends on a short list and you can bury it, that's a problem. >> a short list and you can bury it and you can make cash at the same time. because these v.a. hospitals are unionized. so it is almost as if there's mo flowing to the unions. i'm a prosecutor for 30 years. the last thing i want to say is that an inspector general is slanting something in favor of the accused. but this requires a federal investigation by the fbi, and special prosecutor. do you not agree with that, congressman? >> i agree. i will tell you if the house v.a. ...