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  • Audit: More than 57,000 await initial VA visits (64K more enrolled last 10 years NEVER saw doctor!)

    06/09/2014 12:00:58 PM PDT · by 2ndDivisionVet · 17 replies
    Yahoo! News / The Associated Press ^ | June 9, 2014 | Matthew Daly
    (VIDEO-AT-LINK)More than 57,000 veterans have been waiting 90 days or more for medical appointments, the Veterans Affairs Department said in a wide-ranging audit released Monday. An additional 64,000 who enrolled for VA health care over the past decade have never been seen by a doctor, according to the audit. The audit is the first nationwide look at the VA network in the uproar that began with reports two months ago of patients dying while awaiting appointments and of cover-ups at the Phoenix VA center. Examining 731 VA hospitals and large outpatient clinics, the audit found long wait times across the...