Mark Begich actually said...

There was a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed way back in February 2003 between the VA, HHS, and IHS that said they would collabor...

it's all Federal monies regardless of which Federal agency provides the care, the VA or the IHS.

If you can do it in Alaska, you can do it anywhere.

We also did a MOU in 2007 working with the VA to prepare for the returning 100 soldiers that were coming out of rural Alaska, 26 villages.