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Stage iv bladder cancer, undiagnosed. we know that the va itself knew of some problems with delays and waiting lists for at least six years now. keeping issues going back a decade. in 2010 va memo called for immediate action to identify and eliminate inappropriate scheduling practices, sometimes referred to as gaming strategies. this is not patient-centered care. the memo specifically bans using paper logs for appointments. again, this was four years ago. now being held by some at least partly accountable, the white house, which staunchly stands by its actions to increase funding and resources...

boehner urged the president to call on harry reid to appoint negotiators to this conference that we now are talking with so much about to try to hash out the differences between the house and senate. as you well know, senate majority reid has no intention of negotiating and as he read in a letter to speaker boehner, along with speaker boehner and all congressional leaders and the white house, they want that deal and senator reid says not until they have the assurance that the tax cut will not lapse come january 1. so they are pushing -- he is again pushing as well as the white house,...

the payroll tax cut. it's set to expire at the end of this year. president obama called john boehner today and the white house has even put a counterdown clock on the home page of its website. it says if the house does not act, taxes on the middle class will increase starting the first of the year. let's go to the white house. our chief white house correspondent, jessica yellin, is standing by with the latest on this dramatic political showdown. what is the latest? >> the latest is that the white house believes there is only one way for the nation to avoid an increase in the payroll ...

Other vets got letters telling them that they had the fatal lou gehrig's disease. those letters were actually wrong. lots of serious va missteps. and now we've got our hands on an internal memo from the va. it's meant to crack down on some questionable medical practices at some facilities. in that memo, it talks about patient care compromise. vets kept waiting for appointments, highlighting inappropriate scheduling practices referred to as gaming strategies, a tactic that was according to this document used to improve customer service scores. and there's more. eight pages worth in fact. congre...

Magazine mocking key obama administration officials. a develop story and our top story, about our veterans, our warriors and the quality of medical care that they receive. all week long we have been telling you about the hundreds of veterans in st. louis, possibly exposed to hiv and hepatitis because of dirty dental equipment. now we have got our hands on an internal memo from the va. it is meant to crack down on some questionable medical practices at some facilities. in the memo, it talks about patient care compromise, vets kept waiting for appointments, highlighting, "inappropriate schedul...