USA TODAY reported Thursday that Veterans Affairs supervisors at facilities in seven states directed employees to manipulate patient wait times.

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This is not “news.” It’s been going on for years and apparently there is no accountability. A good start would be firing the Congress — both parties.

— Jim Sheets

As a retired vet, the current system should be scrapped, and vets should be allowed to seek care in the private sector. A provider of their choice would assume care and refer patients to other specialists as needed.

— John Dusenbery

I wonder what the wait times at military hospitals and health care clinics are? Perhaps integration of VA health care and military health care would benefit both systems?

— Paul Catorce

Policing the USA

Those of you who are screaming for government health care for everybody should take a moment to consider all these VA horror stories and re-examine your opinion. The VA treats only a small subsection of the population. What if everybody was in the same boat?

— Don Scotter

I believe the reason for the falsifications was that bonuses were given for reducing wait times. Incentives invariably lead to cheating.

— John Dyce

What do you expect from an administration that appears to despise the military? These VA administrators all need to be fired, denied benefits and charged with criminal neglect.

How much more disrespectful can you be to veterans, who sacrificed for this country, than to postpone needs and then falsify records at their expense?

— E.C. Hock