Veterans Affairs healthcare can at time provide some of the best healthcare in the country, but unfortunately, it can also lag seriously behind private healthcare in other respects. This in-depth and interactive article published in the USA Today highlights some of things the VA does better, but focuses on where it lags behind, especially addressing some of the extremely long ER wait times at some hospitals:
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/02/07/where-every-va-hospital-lags-leads-other-care/2511739002/?wpisrc=nl_daily202&wpmm=1