Overhaul Veterans Care by Working with More Private-Sector Firms, Panel Says

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By Eric Katz

A congressionally chartered panel released its vision on Wednesday for a vastly different veterans health care system that integrates more private sector facilities and eases the hiring and firing of employees, but declined to strip the Veterans Health Administration of its status as a government agency.

The Commission on Care, created by a 2014 Veterans Affairs Department reform law to provide future recommendations for the health care component that houses 90 percent of VA’s employees, issued its final report calling for a “transformational” reform of VHA. The report contained 17 broad recommendations — each filled with a series of more specific suggestions — focusing on three areas: health care delivery; governance, leadership and workforce; and eligibility.

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