Why We Need the Faster Care for Veterans Act

Watch as Dennis, Army veteran and one of the District Representatives on my staff, tries to schedule his doctor's appointment at the VA. This is unacceptable. Our returning service men and women deserve better. I'm committed to doing everything I can to improve this flawed system and introduced the bipartisan Faster Care for Veterans Act to bring veteran health care into the 21st century. #fastercareforvets

Posted by Congressman Seth Moulton on Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Since the video was posted on Moulton's Facebook page on Feb. 10, it has been shared over 24,000 times and viewed almost 969,000 times.

It’s also gotten the attention of Moulton’s fellow members of Congress.

Fifteen have signed up to co-sponsor the bill since the video was posted, bringing the total number of co-sponsors to 20 (12 Republicans and eight Democrats).

“For far too long, our nation’s veterans have been underserved by inefficient and outdated systems,” Moulton said in a press release last month. “I get my care from the VA and I’ve waited hours for appointments and months for referrals. It doesn’t have to be this way. We owe it to our nation’s veterans to utilize the technology available to the private sector. Improving access to healthcare through a platform like this would ensure that our veterans will get the best care when they need it.”

Magnasco told ABC News that his VA hospital has since fixed the issue with the automated recording.

“But it’s really a systemic problem throughout the VA,” he said.

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