David Shulkin: “Peer support is something that we are really committed to.”

As you know, coming from a provider background, I strongly believe people deserve to get paid when they deliver a service, and we have failed many of our providers in terms of that.

I do not think is morally the right thing to do.

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

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.