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Treatment and i'm hoping that will be in their final report. >> but doctor, when you were actually repry imagineded and put on administrative leave, i mean, what did you think? >> i assumed my v.a. career was over. it is not unusual for the v.a. to make up things and sabotage a physician's contrary for bringing things forward. it is not just at phoenix v.a. it is across the country. >> excuse me. was this common knowledge that this is what was happening? did the i.g. speak to you about this? >> the i.g. speak to me for about two hours. but you'll have to clarify which this you're talking about...

So lieutenant colonel tony schafer. thank you for being with us. >> now to my open. ever get sick? call the doctor? no answer? when they do open, you can't get an appointment. but they'll get back to you. and then they never do. because your name went in the garbage can. you get sicker. you know you're dying. you wait. but no doctor. because you were put on a death list when your name went in that garbage can. welcome to barack obama's america. where corruption scandal and lawlessness reign. where truth, justice and integrity went right into that same garbage can and make no mistake, you're ne...

But the president has sent the taliban an unmistakable signal that he'll pay any price to get the united states out. and that's a signal bad for the taliban and adversaries around the world. perhaps even worse, it is despicable for a president of the united states to grant moral equivalence to these terrorists at gitmo compared to the american service member. the idea that there's any equivalence at all between an american soldier and a terrorist, i think, is reprehensible. >> it's a great point. meanwhile, out of washington, we have been following this story of the resignation of general eric...

Both rob nabors, the deputy chief of staff to the white house, and steve young, the interim director here at the phoenix va, that we do almost like a fair, a health fair, where over the course of two to three days we bring in health care specialists, so that every single one of those 3,100 veterans who are waiting to get care in phoenix can see a primary care doctor. >> see -- >> and get triage. >> that is the first time i'm hearing something that has a timeliness to it. do a health fair for three days. my question was going to be, this is a behemoth problem. taking a huge system like the va, ...

Do you believe that a 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.