Trump considering ‘public-private option’ for VA reform

Published December 28, 2016 11:24pm ET



President-elect Trump is considering a “public-private option” at the Department of Veterans Affairs that would allow all veterans to choose whether they want to receive care from the VA or from private doctors.

“We think we have to have kind of a … public-private option, because some vets love the VA … some vets want to go to the VA,” a transition official told reporters at Mar-a-Lago on Wednesday.

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