House Passes Bill To Oversee Va Hospital Building

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a bill to increase oversight of veterans' hospitals under construction, following a report that some medical centers take three years longer to complete than estimated and cost an extra $366 million per project. Republican congressman Mike Coffman of Colorado says the Veterans Affairs Department's oversight of construction projects is dysfunctional and leads to delayed health care. A report by the Government Accountability Office last year found that at least four medical centers were behind schedule and hundreds of millions of dollars over budget.Read more on NewsOK.com

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