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Urgent medical need is waiting for care. >> how did you do it? did you do something secretary mcdonald was not doing? >> we are doing a lot of different things. we are hiring more people, making sure the leadership knows what the job is and they are focused on it and by publishing our wait times and making them open, it's a way of fixing our system and making sure people know we are focused on the right things. >> you just fired the head of the d.c. va hospital. in april, you fired the head of the shreveport va. is it easier to fire people when you find out agree just things are happening? >> ...

We think it's 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 older veteran population. >> it's been two years since congress passed a major bill to reform the va...

In revising the system to make it work even better for veterans. if we're going to fix the system, it's going to be in partnership with the president's leadership and a partnership with congress. >> is part of that giving vouchers for private coverage, for private health care? >> what i've said is what we learned in the last crisis from 2014 is that the va needs to get better but i can't do it alone. the system that's going to work best for veterans is an integrated system between the va system, a strong va system working with the private sector. >> where do you put the number for suicides? >>...

It work even better for veterans. if we're going to fix the system, it's going to be in partnership with the president's leadership and a partnership with congress. >> is part of that giving vouchers for private coverage, for private health care? >> what i've said is what we learned in the last crisis from 2014 is that the va needs to get better but i can't do it alone. the system that's going to work best for veterans is an integrated system between the va system, a strong va system working with the private sector. >> where do you put the number for suicides? >> my single clinical priority is...

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. >> it's been two years since congress passed a major bill to reform the va system. did it work? >> i th...