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WRAL Investigates Program to Cut VA Wait Times


Topic: Military-Focused Initiatives
Posted on 5/25/2016

Capitol Broadcasting’s NBC affiliate WRAL-TV Raleigh aired an investigation on May 25 into a program designed to cut health care wait times for veterans by allowing them to utilize doctors outside the Veterans Affairs system. Reporter Cullen Browder interviewed local veterans who are still dealing with the same delays the program was supposed to fix. WRAL’s special also explores the causes of the program’s pitfalls.



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