There are already, I know, really good relationships for certain services between the VA, the DOD, and the Indian Health Service.
I absolutely will look at some ideas we would like to pass on to you.
I know there is an argument that, well, VA does not have a budget line for that, and then there is this other argument.
I have very high hopes for this pilot program, because there is, in some cases at least, capacity in some rural areas.
Telemedicine is a big resource here.
VA has made incredible strides, I believe, over the last few years.
I suspect in his State they have identical problems as we do: just a lack of services in the rural areas.
I have seen it at work.
I hear what you are trying to say, and I think you are trying to assure me that, Mike, it isn't going to be that bad.
But if the only option is for these people who are in default or have missed payments, if the only option is bankruptcy, they will probably ...
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
There is no State more rural than Alaska, and how you deliver health care systems up there causes grave concerns.
Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman; and I apologize, we had to slip out.
Well, let me start out and thank the Chairman for holding this hearing, a very, very important topic.
There's been a little bit of a push or activity at the State and local levels to impose, whether it's Green Globes or LEED or other standard...
It takes huge courage to do what Senator Murkowski and I heard last week did, to stand up...
I appreciate what you have just given us, Ms. LaFromboise and Mr. Moore, in terms of the need to tailor the programs so that we do have the ...
It's just a question of rolling it out and making it more widespread.
