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Alleged retaliation against v.a. whistle blowers. in fact, his story sounds eerily familiar when you meet brian smorts who worked at the denver v.a. last noe when he says things got so bad he had to quit. smors, a veteran himself was working as a pier support specialist when he found 3500 veterans on secret wait lists at v.a. facilities in denver, golden and colorado springs. again the v.a. declined to address the allegations on camera and instead referred us to the office of inspector general who confirmed it identified wait time and other issues in recent public reports and testimony in fron...

Alleged retaliation against v.a. whistle blowers. in fact, his story sounds eerily familiar when you meet brian smorts who worked at the denver v.a. last noe when he says things got so bad he had to quit. smors, a veteran himself was working as a pier support specialist when he found 3500 veterans on secret wait lists at v.a. facilities in denver, golden and colorado springs. again the v.a. declined to address the allegations on camera and instead referred us to the office of inspector general who confirmed it identified wait time and other issues in recent public reports and testimony in fron...

Says the v.a. does not tolerate any sort of retaliation against those who identify problems. but according to court documents filed by the office of special council and independent federal investigative agency in washington, the v.a. went even further when it tried to fire klein. not based on substandard care or lack of clinical competence. instead for consistent acceleration of trivial matters through his chain of command. >> i do not consider secret wait lists and manipulation of wait times to be trivial matters. >> that's when the office of special council made it clear the v.a. could not f...

Is a human right. and i believe that this country has got to join every other major country and say, you can stay home and get quality care because you're an american. you can run your small business well and get care because you are an american. that is where we have got to go. >> you know, when bernie says, well, medicaid has problems, you want to talk about people who lost their rights. 742 people in illinois were put on a waiting list for medicaid after illinois expanded its medicaid and they died awaiting care under medicaid. why? because medicaid is rationed care. those wait lists -- ber...

Pete and i were just talking, the number is not a firm one. how many vets died waiting for treatment at the va? >> depends on how you calculate it, but thousands of veterans have waited on wait lists and died, no doubt. >> pete, when you consider the million of veterans from september 11th to present day that have been trying to reintegrate into society, get a job, receive the medical care that they deserve and have earned, when we consider the 200,000 that are going to make that transition back home this year alone, we're in a situation now where the va should be more than stepping it up. how...