Bilirakis Assesses VA's Capacity to Care for Veterans
"The VA has systemic failures that promote a culture of mediocrity and discourage transparency and accountability, which has resulted in a backlog of Veterans' claims coupled with excessive and outrageous wait times to receive care," Bilirakis said. "Part of this stems from the VA's inability to provide timely access to quality care for veterans. Unfortunately, it has taken the preventable deaths of dozens of Veterans to spur the VA to change. Changing how VA operates, combined with allowing Veterans to receive care outside the VA, should help reduce the backlog and get Veterans the access to the care they need.
On May 23rd, Congressman Bilirakis coauthored a letter expressing his support for allowing veterans to receive care outside of the VA. To view all of Representative Bilirakis' exchange, click here.