Reforming the VA one step at a time

Reforming the VA one step at a time-politico: Congress is poised to pass the most significant reforms to the Department of Veterans Affairs in nearly two decades — but don’t expect quick fixes to the layers of rot at the agency. The House and Senate have passed bills responding to revelations that veterans died after the VA delayed providing medical care. But the measures don’t change the VA employees’ habit of gaming the system, covering up problems and punishing whistleblowers who try to sound the alarm — the “corrosive culture” that White House deputy chief of staff Rob Nabors warned about in a report to President Barack Obama last week.