One Year Later: No Improvement at VA Hospitals

One year after revelations that sick veterans were getting sicker while being kept on waiting lists at Veterans Affairs hospitals, the Associated Press reports nothing has changed.

The new report shows some people are still waiting one to three months for an appointment, and the number of appointments that take longer than three months to complete has nearly doubled.

VA hospitals in some parts of the country, including areas where there is a strong military presence, tend to have more problems.

One VA official acknowledged that the Department of Veterans Affairs is taking too long to plan and build clinics.