Sec. Shulkin: ‘We Are Going to Double Down on the Strategy To Be the Most Transparent Dept.’

‘We are working with Congress to make sure we can give veterans the best choice as possible to meet needs’

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SHULKIN: "I think it’s essential that we begin to rebuild the trust with our veterans and with all Americans that has been lost in the 2014 wait time crisis. The way to do that is to share what’s going on in the VA and to be honest and open about the problems that we have as well as the progress that we are making. So we are publishing all of our wait times, the only health care system in America that’s doing that currently. We're publishing what other veterans are saying about their care in the VA and we're publishing all of our quality data. We will continue to publish our disciplinary actions and we are going to double down on the strategy to be the most transparent department in the United States."

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