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Whistleblowers and cover-ups at the VA.

Hello again, I'm Orman Alney, and this is To the Poet from Public Radio International.

The daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

The Veterans Administration is accused of paying bonuses to officials who've hidden evidence of how long it takes veterans to get health care.

In Phoenix, a whistleblowing doctor says 40 veterans died while waiting up to a year for appointments.

The rules say it should have been 14 to 30 days.

Tomorrow, a Senate committee will be looking into claims

of a widespread conspiracy despite official VA denials. Are secret waiting lists part of a cover-up?

Would top brass resignations help fix America's largest health care system? Today's talking point,

the health effects of child labor in America's tobacco fields.

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Some 8 million Americans qualify for Veterans Administration, health care, and they're apparently

satisfied when they can get it.

But it takes so long that 40 or more have allegedly died while waiting for their

appointments.

The American Legion says VA Secretary Eric Shinseki ought to resign.

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