Veterans Affairs

Access Audit of VA Medical Centers

Wait­ing times for care at the ma­jor­ity of the 216 VA fa­cil­it­ies ex­amined ap­peared to be ma­nip­u­lated, ac­cord­ing to an audit re­leased by the White House. That audit fol­lowed an­oth­er pre­lim­in­ary re­port, re­leased earli­er this week, that showed the agency’s prob­lems were wide­spread.