David Shulkin: “The VA is fully committed to complying with the State regulations and the State laws, and we do.”

I think that--my preference would be that we have--since VA uses a different model of primary care...

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.

The VISN model was put in place close to 20 years ago, a very innovative model that has served VA well.

We are following the Federal contracting rules and regulations, and we are trying to do this as quickly as we can.