David Shulkin: “We need to do that, and we are doing that with the Department of Defense and other Federal agencies.”

How could you argue against wanting veterans to have choice and the best type of care?

I do believe that our unions are productive partners with us, and I do really appreciate the collaboration that we have because I believe that they care about getting the right services to Veterans.

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

It takes way too long to get this stuff done.