By theblaze.com
Nearly two years after the Department of Veterans Affairs scandal first emerged, the wait times and the accuracy of records for veterans seeking medical care still face severe problems, a report by theGovernment Accountability Office revealed.
Wait times for veterans can be longer than two months from the time they request an appointment, according to cases evaluated by the GAO, even though some records claim veterans have âzero-dayâ wait times. This was a particular problem for newly enrolled veterans coming out of Afghanistan and Iraq, where 60 of 180 new veterans âhad not been seen by providers at the time of the review,â according to the GAO report.
The GAO review found that veterans in the review waited on average between 22 and 71 days from the time of their request to see a doctor. The report goes on to say that about half of veterans couldnât access primary care because the
VA medical center staff didnât schedule appointments in accordance with Veterans Health Administration policy.
In May 2014, allegations first surfaced at a Phoenix VA hospital, allegations that then 
spread to VA facilities across the country, alleging that wait times were falsified after VA medical staff doctored the books. There was even evidence that veterans died while waiting for care.
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