Long wait times for health care still dogging troubled VA

Name: Long wait times for health care still dogging troubled VA
Uploaded: 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z
Duration: P247S
Description: When Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald compared the exceptionally-long wait times veterans still endure to get health care to lines at Disneyland, a national firestorm erupted. House Speaker Paul Ryan said his words reflected a “culture of indifference” and McDonald apologized, but two years after the first VA scandal, wait times are still a major problem. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

Clip: 05/25/2016 | 4m 7s

When Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald compared the exceptionally-long wait times veterans still endure to get health care to lines at Disneyland, a national firestorm erupted. House Speaker Paul Ryan said his words reflected a “culture of indifference” and McDonald apologized, but two years after the first VA scandal, wait times are still a major problem. Hari Sreenivasan reports.

Aired: 05/25/16

Expired: 06/24/16

Rating: NR

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