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December 20, 2015

Lawmakers announce tentative deal on bill to overhaul troubled VA

The leaders of the House and Senate Veterans Affairs committees unveiled a tentative deal on Monday on legislation meant to improve veterans' health care and tackle the litany of scandalous problems at the VA, in a bid to get the wheels turning on a solution ahead of the looming August recess.

December 20, 2015

House, Senate talks over VA fix in chaos as recess looms

A massive and costly package meant to address the litany of problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs was getting caught in the congressional grinder Thursday, as House and Senate lawmakers clashed over how to iron out differences in their competing bills.

December 20, 2015

Senate panel backs McDonald for VA secretary

The Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on Wednesday endorsed former Procter & Gamble CEO Robert McDonald to be the new secretary of Veterans Affairs.

December 20, 2015

Over 500 grievous injuries or deaths at VA hospitals in 2013

Veterans Affairs hospitals across the country reported more than 500 incidents last year where patients were gravely injured or died as a result of the care they received.

December 20, 2015

The surprising thing Veterans Affairs admitted while asking Congress for $18 billion more

Even the Department of Veterans Affairs cannot trust its own numbers on delivering health care and processing disability claims, the acting secretary of the agency said as he asked for $17.6 billion in new funding Wednesday.

December 20, 2015

Gibson: VA has lost trust of vets, American people

The Department of Veterans Affairs has lost the trust of veterans and the American people as a result of widespread treatment delays for people seeking health care and falsified records to cover up those delays, the agency's top official said Wednesday.

December 20, 2015

VA is making disability payment errors in rush to cut backlog, watchdog says

The VA has set a goal to process all claims within 125 days at 98 percent accuracy in 2015, but so far has fallen far short.

December 20, 2015

Congress looks to lower price on veterans' health care reform bill

Stung by sticker shock, members of Congress are scrambling to lower the cost of a bill to fix veterans' health care amid a growing uproar over long waits for appointments and falsification of records to cover up the delays at Veterans Affairs hospitals.

December 20, 2015

VA names interim medical inspector

The Department of Veterans Affairs has appointed a top health administrator to serve as interim director of its Office of Medical Inspector.

December 20, 2015

Whistleblowers describe VA culture of retaliation to lawmakers at hearing

Four VA whistleblowers told House lawmakers in a hearing Tuesday night that they were harassed, placed on leave and encountered other forms of retaliation when they attempted to report wrongdoing in the agency.