“Veterans Affairs secretary nominee Robert Wilkie pledged to make that department more customer friendly and better integrated with outside health care systems without “privatizing” veterans services in a subdued Senate confirmation hearing on Wednesday.”
“Wilkie, President Donald Trump’s third pick to lead the massive VA bureaucracy, said if he is confirmed his priorities would be to improve veterans access to medical care, reduce the backlog of benefits payments, reform the department’s human resources systems and “improve the culture” at VA…”
“Several senators at the hearing referenced that leadership turmoil at VA and questioned how much interference from the White House Wilkie will face as he works to restore public faith in the department…” Read the full article here.
Source: VA secretary nominee promises more medical choices for vets, but not privatization – By Leo Shane, June 27, 2018. Military Times.
