A Veterans Affairs audit of its troubled hospitals and clinics has identified 100,000 veterans facing delays in health care, and clerks across the system report having been instructed to falsify dates in scheduling records, NBC News reported. The report identified more than 57,000 veterans across the country who are facing a wait of at least three months for medical care and also found that almost 64,000 veterans have asked for an appointment at the VA over the past decade but have not been seen. It also found that scheduling manipulation was “systemic” inside the VA and dated at least to 2005.
