David Shulkin: “I believe the future is going to involve several things when it comes to facilities.”

It is my hope we can work together to ensure talented medical professional remain in the VA to deliver quality care to our veterans.

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

Delays, as you know, can prevent a veteran who may be ready to confront addiction from actually seeking treatment.

This is a tough job for anybody to do. What the successful secretary needs to do is to build a team around them because this is bigger than any one person, and to work very collaboratively with veteran service organizations and Congress.