December 20, 2015 New VA secretary makes first hospital visit in Phoenix amid scandal Reports that dozens of people died while waiting to see a doctor and that employees covered up long wait times at the Phoenix VA hospital helped touch off a national firestorm over veteran care.
December 20, 2015 VA apologizes for error in patient-death report The Department of Veterans Affairs has apologized for what it called an "inadvertent" mistake that underreported the number of deaths linked to delays in cancer treatment at VA medical facilities.
December 20, 2015 Obama signs veterans' health care overhaul Veterans may soon have easier access to government-paid health care under a bill President Barack Obama signed into law Thursday, the government's most sweeping response to date to a public uproar over systemwide problems that have rocked the Veterans Affairs Department.
December 20, 2015 VA scrambles to create private care alternative for veterans The bipartisan overhaul of the Department of Veterans Affairs approved last week by Congress has touched off a race against the clock, as the agency now is tasked with setting up a private health care alternative for veterans within 90 days.
December 20, 2015 Congress approves VA reform bill The Senate gave final approval Thursday to sweeping legislation aimed at fixing the troubled Department of Veterans Affairs, marking a rare moment of bipartisan accord triggered by the widespread treatment delays veterans faced at agency facilities.
December 20, 2015 House passes Veterans Affairs overhaul, Senate poised to give final approval The House approved a $17 billion package Wednesday aimed at fixing the scandal-scarred Department of Veterans Affairs, boosting the chances that Congress can finalize the bipartisan legislation before lawmakers leave for the August recess.
December 20, 2015 VA wants to fire 2 supervisors accused of manipulating data in Colorado, Wyoming The firings would be the strongest discipline handed out since May in a nationwide scandal over falsifying records on how long veterans wait to get care at VA hospitals and clinics.
December 20, 2015 Lawmakers race to vote on VA reform bill amid conservative concerns over cost Fiscal conservatives are expressing doubts over the bill’s steep cost.
December 20, 2015 Senate confirms McDonald as VA secretary The Senate on Tuesday unanimously confirmed former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald as the new Veterans Affairs secretary, with a mission to overhaul an agency beleaguered by long veterans' waits for health care and VA workers falsifying records to cover up delays.
December 20, 2015 House-Senate negotiators approve $17B VA bill House and Senate negotiators have approved a $17 billion compromise bill to overhaul the Department of Veterans Affairs and reform a program scandalized by veterans' long waits for health care and VA workers falsifying records to cover up delays.
