VA PATIENTS DYING - WAITING FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT

Excerpts taken from CNN.com

An internal document from the US Department of Veterans Affairs revealed that at least 82 veterans are dying, or have died already, because of delays in medical screenings and treatment.

Barry Coates was suffering from bleeding and excruciating pain for months, begging for an appointment for a colonoscopy, but he was told, basically, that he would have to wait in line.

Finally, about a year after first compl...