Jon Tester actually said...

If we are starving VA's hospitals for funding used to hire staff and actually provide care for veterans while also denying them money to add...

the Choice Program was intended to supplement care, provided, directed by the VA, not replace it, not now and not into the future.

But, for that to happen this late in the game is a bit frustrating to me.

You can outsource care, but you cannot outsource responsibility.