For conservatives who failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act, rerouting veterans’ care to the private sector is the next front in the battle over U.S. health policy. House Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Mark Takano (D-Calif.), left, and ranking Republican member Phil Roe (Tenn.) talk before the start of a joint hearing by the Senate and House veterans panels affairs on March 7, 2019. Trump’s first VA secretary said he was forced out by privatization zealots and said private care would result in exorbitant costs to taxpayers. A new website, VAMissionAct.com, aims to dispel what the group says are myths about private care. “They should not expand private care until they achieve full staffing internally,” said Marilyn Park, a legislative representative for the union, a generous donor to congressional Democrats.

Source: Washington Post March 21, 2019 16:46 UTC