President Obama backs new veterans’ health care system Tweet email

Posted on September 8, 2016 by admin

A congressional panel says the VA needs “fundamental, dramatic change” to improve health care for veterans.

(JUSTIN BERL/EPA)

President Obama says he supports a congressional panel’s recommendation to create a veterans’ health care system that coordinates government and private care.The recommendation is one of 18 issued in July by a panel that Congress formed following a scandal over long wait times for veterans who sought care through the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Obama told Congress in a letter sent Thursday that he strongly supports 15 of the panel’s 18 recommendations.

President Obama says he will back veterans’ health care recommendation that organizes government and private care.

President Obama says he will back veterans’ health care recommendation that organizes government and private care.

(MARCO GARCIA/AP)

In its July report, the panel said the VA needs “fundamental, dramatic change” to improve the health care it provides to more than 9 million veterans a year.

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