David Shulkin actually said...

Every day that we delay, veterans are being put in the middle, and that is really unfair to them.

Shulkin highlights the urgency of resolving the payment issue for veterans' bills.

01/31/2017

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We need providers to want to work with VA, because, frankly, veterans need the private community.

Today we are at 72 percent payment within 30 days. That is not good enough.

Our goal is to make sure that you do not need to contact a person, that our systems recognize you as a veteran.

Senator, I think that is accurate. We are not saying that wait times overall are going to go down significantly or at all.