BY LEO GARCIA
It’s been two years since the nationwide scandal at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs first erupted, yet veterans across the country still continue to face excessive waits for care. Las Vegas is no exception. No less than 13 percent of veterans with appointments scheduled last month were waiting more than 30 days for a medical appointment.
Meanwhile, administrators have continued to downplay the significance of the agency’s problem.
Recently, VA Secretary Robert McDonald even argued that Disney doesn’t use wait times to measure performance, so
neither should his agency.
By any standard, however, wait times do measure performance. And the wait times for veterans reflect very poor performance — nearly half a million veterans nationwide last month faced that same, long wait of over 30 days. But here in Las Vegas, wait times aren’t the only issue.
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