Mark Begich actually said...

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.

There is no more rural State than Alaska in the sense of delivery of services and how you can get from one point to the next.