David Shulkin: “It is time to take a look at how modern health care system operates.”

I received a phone call saying that the President wanted to make a change, and that's certainly his prerogative to do that, and that's what happened.

It takes way too long to get this stuff done.

I came to Washington with the commitment to make our system work better for veterans. That's the commitment that I went to work every day. I continue to feel strongly about that. There was no reason why I would resign.

There is no pressure to privatize. There is pressure to fix the system.