By Alex Rogers
- “An internal investigation released Monday into the secret waiting lists and other chicanery that kept veterans from receiving timely care was like a Chinese firecracker that kept exploding with every turn of its 54 pages. More than 100,000 vets have experienced waits longer than 90 days for medical care. That includes 57,000 who are waiting 90 days or more for their initial appointment, and 64,000 who requested appointments over the past decade and never got them.” [TIME]
- Sens. Bernie Sanders and John McCain introduce VA reform bill. [TIME]
- “The fight over expanding Medicaid in Virginia has taken a turn for the bizarre and perhaps the corrupt.” [New Republic]
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