There’s a new Veterans’ Administration scandal brewing. A McClatchy investigation suggests that senior VA officials falsified report data and issued misleading public statements about the VA’s performance on everything from appointment scheduling to medical outcomes. We need to be sure we’re getting accurate information about the VA’s performance. But more importantly, the healthcare we provide to our soldiers and veterans should be the best in the world. That’s a way to honor them for their service, bolster our national security, and help build a better health system for all of us.
We need a high-level and nonpartisan Task Force to lead a major initiative that will redesign the entire military health system for the 21st Century. This Task Force can address the scandals and doubts of the past. More importantly, it can design the military health system of the future.
