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WASHINGTON, D.C. (WBTV) - Senator Richard Burr (R-NC) cited a recent On Your Side investigation into problems with the VA Choice Program http://www.wbtv.com/story/31285298/veterans-families-call-wbtv-for-help-delays-at-va-medical-centers?clienttype=generic in testimony before the Senate Committee on Veterans Affairs on Tuesday. Burr was testifying before the committee in support of legislation he introduced last week http://www.wbtv.com/story/31429194/burr-tillis-push-to-reform-va-program-highlighted-in-wbtv-investigation?clienttype=generic with a group of Republican senators aimed at making changes to the Choice Program. In his testimony, Burr cited the case of Marine veteran Jim Bancroft who told On Your Side Investigates about his problems receiving treatment by an outside provider through the Choice Program because the program's third-party administrator had...

I am one of the vets in this story. This is me in this story. I had a CT scan July 2014 and they confirmed the hernia I went to see them for, but they also found a cyst in my liver the size of a jawbreaker and found my spine was fusing between L2 and L3. I requested to see a surgeon for the hernia but they refused. I requested to see a hepatologist for my liver and they refused. I requested to see a spinal surgeon for the fusion and they refused. I only got care when I...