Sally Barnes-Breen watched her father die while waiting months just to see a doctor at the dysfunctional Department of Veterans Affairs . Now she says a bill signed into law on Thursday by President Barack Obama does n't hold accountable those responsible for what happened . `` They broke all the medical codes , when you swear on your oath , '' she told CNN of the inability of her father , Navy veteran Thomas Breen , to get an appointment . `` Billions of dollars ca n't fix the VA broken system , '' she continued . `` What 's going to fix ( this ) is if you criminalize people when they do wrong . '' The $ 16 billion measure does n't criminalize anybody . It provides money to build more VA medical facilities and hire more doctors and nurses . It includes more funds so some veterans can get health care in private facilities . It also makes it easier to fire or otherwise discipline senior VA officials . At the bill-signing at Fort Belvoir in northern Virginia , Obama said the package begins the changes needed to keep the nation 's promise of caring for its military veterans . Obama : 'Inexcusable conduct ' `` Over the last few months , we 've discovered some inexcusable conduct , '' he said . `` This is wrong . It 's outrageous . '' The law will help the VA system `` keep pace with the demand '' caused by veterans returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan , Obama said . `` This will not and can not be the end of our efforts , '' he said , adding that implementing the law `` is going to take time . '' Along with the increased hospitals and physicians , the measure will allow veterans in remote or rural areas more than 40 miles from facility and those unable to get care `` in a reasonable amount of time '' to see private doctors , Obama noted . Congress approved the package just before going home for its August recess . A CNN investigation that started in November uncovered excessive waits for veterans seeking health care . Subsequent reports revealed secret lists kept by some VA hospitals to hide the waiting periods and other management problems . Dozens of veterans died while waiting for care . The crisis led to the resignation of VA Secretary Eric Shinseki in May as well as congressional investigations . The FBI has also joined an investigation by the VA inspector general 's office . The agency watchdog said Thursday its investigation of wrongdoing such as wait time manipulation had expanded to 92 VA medical facilities across the country . New VA secretary . Last week , the Senate confirmed Robert McDonald as the agency 's new secretary . The former business executive has promised to swiftly carry out reforms intended to speed up care for returning soldiers entering the VA system and eliminate bogus record-keeping . Obama noted that the overhaul gives McDonald authority to remove leaders more easily , saying anyone who engaged in unethical practices or covered them up `` should be fired , period . '' McDonald , who attended the signing , will begin visiting VA hospitals and clinics around the country starting Friday , beginning in Phoenix , Obama said . Thomas Breen died in November 2013 after being repeatedly denied care at the Phoenix VA medical facility . A month later came a call from the VA saying he had an appointment scheduled . `` I said , 'Really , you 're a little too late , sweetheart , ' '' Breen 's daughter recalled earlier this year in a CNN interview . VA misled on a number of deaths .
VA Secretary Robert Bentley to visit VA patients starting Friday in May . Daughter of patient who is waiting for care says new bill is not enough . It provides money for more hospitals , doctors and nurses . President Barack Obama calls the VA bill ` ` inexcusable ''