Jun 20, 2017
We would like to go further this time and expand more and use that potentially so that those who train in the residency program would then enter the VA for a specified period of time to practice.
David Shulkin
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David Shulkin is an Independent politician who served as the 9th Secretary of Veterans Affairs under President Donald Trump from February 2017 to March 2018. He was the first non-veteran to hold this position and focused on improving healthcare services for veterans during his tenure. Shulkin has a background in healthcare management and has worked in various roles within the Veterans Affairs system prior to his appointment as Secretary. He has been an advocate for reforms aimed at enhancing the quality of care for veterans and addressing issues within the VA system.
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Jun 20, 2017
I think this changes it from what we have today, which is a system choice based on administrative rules 40 miles, 30 days.
Jun 20, 2017
The VA made the mistake, and this was our administrative error, and we are not going to seek recoupment of those funds from those 11 employees.
Jun 20, 2017
Senator Dole is an amazing person, and her foundation is doing amazing work.
Jun 20, 2017
Yes. We agree with you, Senator that the system was working well, and we want desperately to continue to have a system that works that way.
Jun 20, 2017
I feel comfortable with the President's budget, but you may be right and I may be wrong.
Jun 20, 2017
I actually think this budget is a good budget, and I will appreciate the support for modernizing our IT systems.
Jun 20, 2017
I do believe that this President's budget allows us to meet the mission of the VA.
Jun 20, 2017
I think that if we continue talking about and throwing budgets up that do not fully address the problems of our veterans in this country--and we have been at war now for 15 years--and we have got Vietnam vets that are getting older and you…
Jun 20, 2017
I urge Congress to support and fully fund our 2018 and 2019 AA budget requests.
Jun 20, 2017
It is not designed to privatize VA. It is designed to provide veterans the best care available in the most timely fashion.
Jun 13, 2017
We need your help to figure out the best solution about how to get more money into the Choice account.
Jun 13, 2017
I find it really difficult to tell people who have submitted into the appeals process that they have 6 years to wait on average to get a response.
Jun 13, 2017
If the Senate votes to move the appeals modernization forward, as I think you are saying, Mr. Chairman, we will have a process to expedite those from the time that the law passes moving forward.
Jun 13, 2017
That is a nonstarter, and I hope we can get your commitment today to keep this important benefit in place.
Jun 13, 2017
To put forward a proposal that would, without warning, stop earned benefits payments to severely disabled vets is unacceptable.
Jun 13, 2017
The new policies proposed in this budget to pay for private care are simply untenable.
Jun 6, 2017
I am saying I am not willing to put the veterans in the middle, and everybody at VA now knows they are to write those rules and get this fixed as soon as possible.
Jun 6, 2017
At some point in the future, if you design a system right, giving veterans complete choice, I believe in principle is the direction we should be headed in but not in 2017.
Jun 6, 2017
This plan is to put the decisions back into the hands of the patient and the provider.
Jun 6, 2017
The Choice Program was not working for veterans the way that it should, and you were instrumental, Senator Moran, in pointing that out to us all along.
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