Obama Says Overhaul of VA Health Care Still Under Way
The president says he will restore trust in the system that provides care for the nation’s military veterans.
US President Barack Obama speaks alongside Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald (L) following a briefing on US military veterans healthcare at the Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona, March 13, 2015.
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President Barack Obama said the Department of Veterans Affairs is still working to remedy persistent mismanagement and delays at its health-care facilities.
At the VA medical center in Phoenix, where revelations of phony waiting lists and lagging care sparked an investigation, Obama said he would restore trust in the system that provides care for the nation’s military veterans.