| | The House Veterans Affairs Committee has launched an investigation into care at the VAâs 133 nursing homes after learning the agency had given almost half of them the lowest possible score in secret, internal rankings. The probe follows an investigation by USA TODAY and The Boston Globe that showed 60 VA nursing homes rated only one out of five stars for quality last year in the agencyâs own ranking system. The committee chairman says he was "disturbed" by the reports.
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