The shorter waits come even as the VA has enrolled more than 400,000 veterans in health care over the past year, a 30% increase from the previous year, according to the VA under secretary for health.
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A group of senators, led by Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee and Tommy Tuberville of Alabama, demanded "immediate action" in a letter to VA Secretary Denis McDonough on Tuesday.