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National cemeteries. with less than 1% of americans serving in the military, i think we owe those that serve a great deal of gratitude and reflect on the memory of those who have given their lives for our country. >> you have a big job. have things changed? are you seeing change? >> im optimistic. i am a doctor. i like to put things in clinical terms. we are monitoring things closely. i am optimistic we are beginning to deal with the issues that have plagued the va system for decades. >> have yo...

We think its appropriate to take a look, can we do it better so we can shift resources, and not take them away, to other veterans. >> is the system overloaded with noncombat veterans? >> right now, we are providing care to every combat veteran after they leave the service, but the majority of our veterans that we serve are in older age groups, particularly the vietnam veterans, average age, 60 or 70 years old. the older they get, they need more health care services group we are dealing with an o...

In revising the system to make it work even better for veterans. if were going to fix the system, its going to be in partnership with the presidents leadership and a partnership with congress. >> is part of that giving vouchers for private coverage, for private health care? >> what ive said is what we learned in the last crisis from 2014 is that the va needs to get better but i cant do it alone. the system thats going to work best for veterans is an integrated system between the va system, a str...

Can get the authorities we need. >> do you know how many people you fired? stick i dont keep track of the number. i make sure that when i find the situation where somebody has deviated from our values that they no longer are in the va system. >> what is the biggest problem. if you were to boil it down, whats the biggest problem? the biggest problem is the va has failed to modernize when the rest of health care has been actively changing and evolving. we are hard at work making those decisions. t...

It work even better for veterans. if were going to fix the system, its going to be in partnership with the presidents leadership and a partnership with congress. >> is part of that giving vouchers for private coverage, for private health care? >> what ive said is what we learned in the last crisis from 2014 is that the va needs to get better but i cant do it alone. the system thats going to work best for veterans is an integrated system between the va system, a strong va system working with the ...

With less than 1% of americans serving in the military, i think we owe those that serve a great deal of gratitude and reflect on the memory of those who have given their lives for our country. >> you have a big job. have things changed? are you seeing change? >> im optimistic. i am a doctor. i like to put things in clinical terms. we are monitoring things closely. i am optimistic we are beginning to deal with the issues that have plagued the va system for decades. >> have you seen wait times cha...

Take a look, can we do it better so we can shift resources, and not take them away, to other veterans. >> is the system overloaded with noncombat veterans? >> right now, we are providing care to every combat veteran after they leave the service, but the majority of our veterans that we serve are in older age groups, particularly the vietnam veterans, average age, 60 or 70 years old. the older they get, they need more health care services group we are dealing with an older veteran population. >> ...

>> do you know how many people you fired? stick i dont keep track of the number. i make sure that when i find the situation where somebody has deviated from our values that they no longer are in the va system. >> what is the biggest problem. if you were to boil it down, whats the biggest problem? the biggest problem is the va has failed to modernize when the rest of health care has been actively changing and evolving. we are hard at work making those decisions. the presidents budget that was giv...

Medicare. alder america generally like it. thats not where the va is having government on hospitals. >> harris: it doesnt cover everything. >> dagen: its broke. theres a $50 trillion hole in it because the government hasnt told elderly folks, you cant have that. theyre going to have bureaucrats deciding when people die and how long they get to live. thats what ultimately will happen. >> harris: to get back to the original point about the emotions, when you talk about some thing emotional, you do...

Especially from the office. do you feel like they have done that before to you. regardless of what they did before what theyre doing now. weve an obligation to this country when we say put the country first. i said look at flint michigan. we can talk about all of that great things because we can only speak about what hes done. im not totally against the president. im a 20 year retired air force member. i was elated to hear about him signing a bill that we cannot get healthcare outside of the va ...