SCANDAL AT THE VA: Veterans Affairs puts 3 on leave; Congress threatens subpoena over destruction of ‘secret’ wait list.

Department of Veterans Affairs officials were threatened Thursday with a congressional subpoena if they fail to explain the destruction of a secret list of medical appointments at the Phoenix veterans’ hospital and preserve documents for an inspector general’s investigation.

Meanwhile, the agency placed three officials from the Phoenix facility on leave.

Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, said he is prepared to call an emergency committee meeting to subpoena the information formally if he does not get answers by next week.

Whistleblowers say more than 40 patients died because of delays in treatment while in the Phoenix VA Health Care System.

That’s your caring government health care system, right there.