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The military health care system and the veterans health care system are separate systems, but this is all going on at once. when president obama last week first addressed these allegations about the v.a., about staff at v.a. health centers around the country, manipulating wait lists to make it seem like veterans were getting timely care, he said in those remarks, he gave prepared remarks and answered questions, and he said during his answering questions, that something that we've sort of been puzzling over ever since he said it. this was what the president said about reaching out immediately t...

Across the country, and by the independent inspector general for the v.a. the tentative timeline for that inspector general to finish his final report is august. but today the inspector general released an interim report, that focused mostly on the v.a. medical center in phoenix, arizona, which is where this new iteration of these allegations started, although it does address some systemic findings. and the findings so far from the ig do both confirm the initial allegations and shed light on the scope of the problem. the v.a. inspector general says that he found that there are 1,400 veterans o...

Picture on the v.a. hospital in phoenix out of control and a v.a. system nationwide that has been trying to hide just how long veterans have been waiting for care. >> it is a report that talks of schemes. record-keeping deception, and 1700 veterans seeking appointments who were not on any wait lists that could get them one. at its core is the explanation of just how veterans seeking care in this phoenix v.a. were hidden away, kept off the books in four separate schemes including tricking veterans into accepting appointments far into the future. deleting appointments. more than 14 days old. act...

>> well cock back. two minutes till the top of the hour -- welcome back, two minutes till the top of the hour. growing complaints about the resignation of general shinseki as we learn deadly wait lists are worse than we thought. president obama tackling youth sports concussions today, meeting with parents and kids and coaches to educate about the issue. the mystery man hides envelopes stuffed with money in public places and tweets out clues. time to look at the good, the bad, and the ugly. first the good. the brother and sister from south korea turning into overnight internet sensation...

Started, although it does address some systemic findings. and the findings so far from the ig do both confirm the initial allegations and shed light on the scope of the problem. the v.a. inspector general says that he found that there are 1,400 veterans on the wait list in phoenix, waiting to see a primary care doctor, but there are 1,700 veterans who would also like to see a primary care doctor, but who haven't actually been put on the list. the inspector general found that the manipulation of wait lists and inappropriate scheduling practices is white spread across the v.a. health system and ...