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Served communities. they're under insured and they're uninsured and they need care. i saw people put on wait lists for months even years and as a result their injuries get worse. i just said enough is enough. >> i guess i'm stuck with arthritis. >> i run three clinics in chicago's most underserved areas. you smile more. we treat orthopedic conditions. we treat patients regardless of tieblt pay. i know i can't fix everybody. but my focus is to break down the barriers. the greatest thing we give them is hope. >> and sometimes hope is the best medicine of all. if you know someone deserving of bei...

Take care of those. when we had heard that the v.a. was getting ready to kang the way they counted wait times, we understood a necessarily medical wait time made sense. if i came into a doctor and they said i need a follow-up appointment in three months for, you know whatever my ailment is then it's unreasonable to hold the v.a. to a 30 day wait time standard three months then becomes the standard. but for new patients that can't possibly be true. new patients can't have a wait time more than what's medically necessary than immediate. >> right. and drew are you finding that those v.a. managers...

Debate about veterans care in sharp contrast to his visit in january. >> this is all for show to paint this image that they are on top of the problems teva. >> reporter: those problems have been widespread and well documented. scandal uncovering chronic systemwide mismanagement including destroyed records falsified wait lists, chronic delays and some veterans died waiting for care. >> the whole system is broken from top to bottom and it's not just within the hospital. it goes right to the top of the va. >> reporter: as a result then secretary was forced out and mcdonald brought in. the white h...

Malfunction, we don't flow. whether you find out your flight's canceled don't be angry. just be glad someone's looking out for you. we are learning new details now about what top officials at the department of veterans affairs may have known about that agency's health care scandal. a judge's ruling this week revealed that senior bureaucrats in washington were briefed about falsified wait lists and other problems at the va hospital in phoenix. joining us now to discuss there, two former prosecutors. gentlemen, thanks very much for joining us. let's talk about there. i'm so struck by how many ...

Attack. well, there are new questions for high level officials at the department of veterans affairs concerning what they knew, exactly about the agencies health care scandal and when they knew it. this, after court documents revealed top v.a. officials knew about lengthy delays at a hospital in phoenix years before the scandal broke. we have more. >> reporter: this week's ruling by a law judge raises new questions about who ruz responsible for falsified wait lists at a hospital. partial vindications of the director. heldman was fired and filed an appeal to get her job back. monday, the law ...