Debra Draper: GAO finds discrepancies in VHA appointment requests

The Veterans Health Administration might have a problem when it comes to calculating mental health wait times. The Government Accountability Office found some d...

Debra Draper, director of health care issues, GAO

The Veterans Health Administration might have a problem when it comes to calculating mental health wait times. The Government Accountability Office found some discrepancies between when veterans requested an appointment with VHA and when those appointments actually happened. Debra Draper, GAO's director of health care issues, updated the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee on the problems recently. She joins In Depth with Francis Rose to talk about her testimony.

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