Page 48 - Va Has News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Robert wilke was sworn in in the past hour as the new head of the va, but he's expected to shake things up. "the washington post" reports that he plans to reassign several high-ranking political appointees. "the post" says wilke wants to form his own leadership team and address lawmakers' concerns. the va has become highly politicized. this comes after a lengthy leadership shuffle, not scuffle, you could call it a scuffle but it's really a shuffle on the va. now it will be on him to establish some stability. we'll be right back with more "mtp daily." oh!

About how to run this kind of agency. will note, however, the bar may be pretty low for given all the problems that the va has, so that could provide some opportunity for him to get ahead. >> today, we could see the president of the united states and hear him speak words out loud in front of people. he's been in hiding, so forced seclusion since last friday. mostly around the stormy daniels situation right now. it gives a speech in ohio. do we anticipate him touching any issue surrounding stormy daniels, getting anywhere near that, or you to think he'll try hide from reporters? >> no. that's t...

Va. we heard the private sector isn't equipped to care for veterans the way the va has. but the argument you'll hear on the other side from the president is, look, this system hasn't worked for veterans. there are still long wait times. although if you read the open ed piece in "the new york times," shulkin will argue they've made vast improvements. there are significant problems in the va that need to be fixed. what's your position on that? >> we oppose privatization. they call it choice, we call it privatization. just depends how you poll it. there are issues with the choice program now. thi...

>> there's call for their big shake-up with the entire way the va is run doesn't work. it's to a government run and needs to have some sort of private mix. the possibility that it exists, we might see some real actual reform there. >> i hope so. the va has had so many issues for so long, it's somewhat irrelevant of who the current president happens to be and what party affiliation he is. it's simply the fact the va has a lot of cleaning up to do, so i hope this guy can get in there and set things straight. >> martha: thank you guys, great to see you. after 20 years, has it been that long? rose...

Been too long. when dod went through its decision on electronic medical records, it took them approximately 26 months to do this. i will tell you in government terms, that is actually a pretty efficient process. i don't think we can wait that long when it comes to the health of our veterans. and so under my authority as the secretary va, i am acting to essentially direct acquisition of the hr currently being employed by the department of defense that will allow the seamless health care for veterans and qualified beneficiaries. once again, because of the health of our veterans i've decided that...