well, i think that s that was the major reason secretary shulkin got canned. he had a boneheaded incident with the travel thing but i think he was fighting with political appointees in his own agent. i must admit there is an argument that the va, which is an absolutely national treasure to the veterans once you re in it, in the system, they re just terrific docs, medical care is first rate. we spend a ton of money supporting our veterans. the most generous nation on the face of the earth to our veterans. but the va s got endemic problems. they ve had a lot of problems with institutional lack of integrity. not telling the boss the truth. they just can t seem to organize themselves. there is a solid argument to have every veteran have a credit card with a chip in it that says, here s the care he s authorized, and let the veteran decide whether to go to a va
privatizing more of the va, and there are two distinct opinions about that. what s your take on that? well, i think that s that was the major reason secretary shulkin got canned. he had a boneheaded incident with the travel thing but i think he was fighting with political appointees in his own agent. i must admit there is an argument that the va, which is an absolutely national treasure to the veterans once you re in it, in the system, they re just terrific docs, medical care is first rate. we spend a ton of money supporting our veterans. the most generous nation on the face of the earth to our veterans. but the va s got endemic problems. they ve had a lot of problems with institutional lack of integrity. not telling the boss the truth. they just can t seem to organize themselves. there is a solid argument to have every veteran have a credit card with a chip in it that says, here s the care he s authorized, and let the veteran
i must admit, though, it s unusual to have someone of that background who s been running for 12 years now, he s been running a couple hundred people in the white house, to now be in charge of $180 billion budget, 380,000 employees. and it s not just health care. i mean, there s 131 cemeteries for gosh sakes. veterans benefits program, which is byzantine beyond belief. it s a very unusual appointment. we ve got to wish him well. some people say this is another possible step toward privatizing more of the va, and there are two distinct opinions about that. what s your take on that? well, i think that s that was the major reason secretary shulkin got canned. he had a boneheaded incident with the travel thing but i think he was fighting with political appointees in his own agency. i must admit there is an