How many years have we been talking about this? And yet, veterans are still dying.
Via Free Beacon:
Veterans are still dying while waiting for care at the Phoenix VA hospital at the center of the Department of Veterans’ Affairs wait list scandal exposed more than two years ago.
According to a report released by the agency’s inspector general on Tuesday, delays in care at the Phoenix VA Health Care System, or PVAHCS, persist and may have contributed to the death of at least one veteran in the Phoenix area.
The Phoenix VA hospital was the center of the fake wait list scandal that sparked national outrage more than two years ago, when veterans were found to have died waiting for care as VA employees kept secret lists to hide long waits. The controversy led then-VA Secretary Eric Shinseki to resign and precipitated legislation aimed at reforming the federally-run network of hospitals.