I am from New Hampshire where we are beginning to get into the process of private care in the community.

I think that is extremely important.

One of my concerns is there was reference to the return of medical documentation to the VA.

I would highly recommend this approach.

I used to think that a hundred miles was a long way until I met my colleague, Beto O'Rourke, who told me that his veterans travel ten hours to get to any type of facility.

there is no other state that has been shortchanged more about VA facilities than New Hampshire

It does seem that the VHA has lost its focus on the primary mission of safe, quality care for our veterans.

I share the horror, frankly, of the allegations coming from the VA facilities around the country, including the VA Phoenix facility, on the long patient wait times and, more importantly, the alleged misreporting of those patient wait times and what's been referred to in the report as gaming of scheduling.

It seems to me that this has become an issue that gets exacerbated.

Needless to say, I think this is not a partisan issue, but we find this completely unacceptable.

I share your concerns about any mechanism that games our system.