David Shulkin: “Anything that we can do to help eliminate barriers to the use of these drugs I think would be important.”

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.

I think you are absolutely correct. It is why we have had a 90-percent reduction on new starts in opioids because we are using a different approach.

We just have to do more.

This is critical to us and our top priority to reduce veterans' suicide.