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They ration care, they say you need to wait months, in some cases years. >> we'll give you the free care but you're going to have to wait to get it. and when the veterans, the recipients understand that they're having to wait a long time the incentive for the bureaucracy is cover it up, don't report it. >> this is inherent to government controlled health care. this is the future of obama care policy. you want to see where our naturalized health care system is headed, look at the va system, where we have all these perverse incentives in place. a doctor and wait list to earn performance bonuses ...

Care at private facilities. they are abused of trying to cook the books, hiding a backlog of patients. steve, what are lawmakers saying on this sunday? >> there's a fairly widespread agreement on both sides of the aisle to allow veterans to take advantage of private hospital care though some wonder why it took so long. it would expand a program already in place. the government spent $5.8 billion last year on veterans health care outside the va system. there's calls for eric shin seki to retire. the president stands behind the secretary. >> i have said secretary

Deny, wait till i die. what do you think this scandal says about the va system, oba obamacare, and big government in general? >> this scandal shows us the va is an infected system, doesn't deliver timely care to veterans because it is government run top-down single payer health care. while obamacare is not single payer, this is a preview of what obamacare could look like and is starting to look like for more americans. less choice, higher cost, more paperwork, delays, and rationing. there's only so much you can provide. veterans have seen a preview for obamacare. >> you know, last night on you...

Martha: an incredible heart stopping rescue caught on camera. oh, my gosh. i cannot watch that. he catched a 1-year-old baby who fell from a second floor window. the baby wandered out on to a ledge on the apartment building. thank goodness this man spotted the baby. the mother spots the baby and runs away after this man made this spectacular catch. bill: trying to fix the broken va system. the highest ranking republican to call on eric shinseki to step down saying quote no one doubts the current state of our

That's why, i think immediate action like, you know, like, some have suggested. putting, letting any veterans on a waiting list go immediately to private evaluation within the medical system with payment from the federal government. just to get them evaluated and into the system because when they're in the va system, everybody believes, says that they're getting great health care. veterans themselves believe once they're in, they, the quality of their care is great. but getting into the system and, quickly, doesn't happen. well, that could be fixed right away, while we study everything, while ...