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>> reporter: since retiring from the army in 1992, miller has struggled with addiction and homelessness. >> gotten everything from them that i needed to the point even with my addiction, my drug problem. >> reporter: today, he's working to turn his life around. he credits the va system for helping him get better. you an see the doctor when you need to? >> i see him every month. he has hundreds of patients. i can see him. if it's an emergency, yes, i can see either him or the psychiatrist on call. >> reporter: still some veterans say they have not had the same experience as miller. sources tell...

A plan that will allow more vets to seek private health care when the va facilities are not available. this is after the controversy over the allegations of the long wait time and the secret face list that they say held back logs that could have caused death to 40 veterans but is private care the way to go? dr. debby is here and she worked at the va for five years and serves on the board. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> i think it is fair to say a lot of veterans are okay with the coverage but we see the scandals now. how bad is it? >> it is a mixed bag. there is red tape at the va and...

>> anybody who falsified the records at veterans affairs will be held accountable. >> the inspector general at the va launched investigations into phoenix va and other facilities families deserve to know the facts. once we know the facts i assure you, if there is misconduct, it will be punished. >> my next guest is a physician who's worked attitude four va hospitals and that witnessed some mistreatment. groin me is dr. greenley. >> you have worked in a number of va facilities when you heard these stories, were surprised by this? >> well, at the beginning, i was a little bit surprised because o...

We are behind right now. the va is having problems and we need to get to the bottom of it. >> the administration is going to allow more vets to get needs met by the sector. congress passed rules as part of the milwaukee health care and if there were back logs and yet they didn't enform vets of those rights. >> i think it is going to be helpful and also a step that could have been put in place years ago. the providing anyone the access to private health care is a no brainer to me. >> 26 va facilities are in investigation in nine separate

Incident like this makes me as -- makes me mad as hell. >> would you explain to me after knowing all of this information why you should not resign? >> i told you, senator, that i came here to make things better for others. that was my appointment. by the president. >> by may 20th administration officials try to tamp down the alarm on capitol hill. the same day we learn 26 va facilities are being investigated nationwide. on may 21st nearly 6 years to the day after condemning the betrayal of american veterans, president obama makes his first extended public comments on the scandal. >> i know the...