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Despite Promises From Congress and White House, Veteran's Affairs Hasn't Been Fixed Katie Pavlich
Posted: Apr 10, 2015 8:20 AM Despite numerous hearings and promises from Congress and feigned outrage from the White House, the Veteran's Affairs system, whose wait times have left more than 1000 veterans dead, hasn't been fixed. More from the AP:

An extra $16.9 billion in extra funding and the problem still isn't remotely close to being fixed? Where is that money going? Last year VA Chief Bob McDonald argued an increase in funding was needed to hire new doctors, nurses and other medical personnel to work in clinics.

"We need tens of thousands of new doctors, new nurses, new clinicians," he said in September 2014.

The increase in funding but lack of improved conditions for veterans waiting for healthcare only proves that it's the culture in VA hospitals across the country that needs to change.

As a reminder, before the VA scandal broke last summer liberals were touting it as a perfect example of government run healthcare and used it to justify support for Obamacare.
