'The VA Is On A Path Toward Recovery,' Secretary Of Veterans Affairs Says

Posted from: http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2017/03/30/521937557/the-va-is-on-a-path-toward-recovery-secretary-of-veterans-affairs-says?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=news

Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin is working with Congress to renew the Veterans Choice program, which allows some veterans to get medical care outside the VA system, and provides money for medical staff.

Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin says preventing suicide among military veterans is his “number one clinical priority,” and that he is working to fill some 45,000 open jobs in the agency.

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