The Veterans Administration's Inspector General says that delayed care for veterans and efforts to cover up those delays is "systemic" throughout the department. USA Today: "Our reviews at a growing number of VA medical facilities have thus far provided insight into the current extent of these inappropriate scheduling issues throughout the VA health care system and have confirmed that inappropriate scheduling practices" are widespread, the report said. Investigators with the Inspector General's Office also said their probe into charges of delays in health care at a VA hospital in Phoenix shows that the care of patients was compromised. Late-night testimony Wednesday by a top VA official before Congress amounted to a confession that the agency had lost its focus over the years, paying more attention to meeting performance standards than treating patients. "I think that there is a potential that we have lost true north. I think we need...(Read Full Post)