Pete Hegseth

But is the VA working?

Like, can you get in on time?

Usually the healthcare is actually pretty good at the VA once you get in, once you get to see a doctor, once you have a stable relationship with a doctor.

But getting through and getting in is half the challenge.

And so it's a big problem.

Well, dude, that's what the VA exists to do.

Right?

Specialize on stuff for guys that saw things that the outside world doesn't really understand and focus on delivering the care that those guys and gals need.

But we, right now, we fund a VA bureaucracy, a healthcare system that, you know, I mean, the outside world does a good job treating diabetes.

The outside world does a good job treating cancer.

Those aren't necessarily veteran-specific illnesses.

So if the VA would specialize more on the things it does really well, it's comparative advantage, and you fund those things.

And then you don't have to have the country's largest healthcare system that's not run very well.

And instead you allow the private market to provide for vets that can be seen in a timely manner.

We wrote a whole report on it called the Fixing Veterans Healthcare Task Force.

It feels like forever ago.

It was like 2014.

It was a bipartisan deal.

And that's exactly what we said.

That's where the name came from.