| | The Department of Veterans Affairs is pledging to overhaul its reporting policies for bad medical workers, and a group of lawmakers is introducing legislation after a USA TODAY investigation that found the VA has routinely concealed shoddy care and staff mistakes. VA Secretary David Shulkin directed agency officials to expand a nearly 30-year-old policy that limited what medical providers the agency would report to a national database created by Congress to prevent problem medical workers from crossing state lines to escape their pasts and keep practicing.
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