Trump: Plan to revamp veterans care will save lives
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Republican Donald Trump pledged Monday to expand programs that allow veterans to choose their doctor and clinics — regardless of whether they’re affiliated with Department of Veterans Affairs — and still receive government-paid medical care.
In a policy speech announcing a 10-point plan for veterans, Trump said he “begins with a simple promise: Every veteran will get timely access to top-quality care.”
His plan was not a way to privatize the VA, as some critics have charged, but instead was “a way of not allowing people to die waiting for doctors,” Trump said.
In an interview Monday with The Associated Press, Trump said people are “are dying because they can’t even get to see a doctor. This is a way that we’re going to end that.”