DAVID SHULKIN (OBAMA HOLDOVER) REPLACED BY TRUMP TO PRIVATIZE VET HEALTH CARE

DAVID SHULKIN (OBAMA HOLDOVER) REPLACED BY TRUMP TO PRIVATIZE VET HEALTH CARE:

VA HOSPITALS ARE NOTHING MORE THAN GIANT HOSPICE FACILITIES.

VA HOSPITALS EXPERIMENT ON VETS & ACTIVE DUTY TROOPS TO PROCURE FEDERAL DOLLARS.

VA HOSPITALS FOCUS ON SLOWLY KILLING VETS NOT HELPING THEM LIVE.

I AGREE VETS & ACTIVE DUTY TROOPS SHOULD RECEIVE MEDICAL TREATMENT FROM PRIVATE DOCTORS OR ON MILITARY BASES.

ALLOWING VETS TO RECEIVE PRIVATE MEDICAL CARE WILL SAVE MONEY AND HUMAN LIVES.

ALL VA HOSPITALS SHOULD GRADUALLY BE SHUT DOWN UNTIL VETS & TROOPS ARE REASSIGNED TO PRIVATE CARE.

REPLACING SHULKIN WAS A WISE MOVE BY TRUMP TO HELP MEN & WOMEN WHO DEFENDED OUR NATION.


Sources: ABC News, NBC News, Fox News, TIME, Youtube


**** Trump replaces embattled Veterans Affairs secretary with White House physician


President Donald Trump ousted Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin Wednesday, announcing his intent to nominate the White House physician, Admiral Ronny Jackson, in Shulkin's place and ending weeks of speculation about when the embattled cabinet official would leave the administration.

Trump tweeted a confirmation of the news, which was first reported by Reuters.

Jackson has been a White House physician to both presidents Trump and Barack Obama. Undersecretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Robert Wilkie will serve as interim secretary until Jackson is confirmed by the Senate, Trump said in a follow-up tweet.

Shulkin's departure comes amid a spate of other high level departures from Trump’s administration — including his secretary of state, his national security adviser, top economic adviser, and communications director.

Shulkin, who served as undersecretary in charge of the veterans’ health system during the Obama administration, clashed with Trump political appointees who surrounded him at the VA. Some of the tension arose from a central policy dispute: The Trump appointees, both within the VA and at the White House, want to see the VA transition to subsidizing private health care for veterans, while Shulkin resisted those efforts.

But the fight had become increasingly personal, particularly in the wake of an inspector general’s report in February that found taxpayers had picked up the tab for Shulkin’s wife accompanying him on a European business trip.

That provided ammunition to Shulkin’s foes, and, because he didn’t trust the Trump-appointed communications staff around him, he retained his own public-relations counsel.

Shulkin’s camp came to believe that Trump political appointees were trying to get him fired, according to reports. He sought White House permission to dismiss them, telling the New York Times earlier this month that he had secured that authority from Trump and White House Chief of Staff John Kelly.

Jackson, for his part, stepped into the media spotlight earlier this year when he briefed the press on the results of Trump’s yearly physical examination. At the time, he deemed Trump "very sharp" mentally and in “excellent” overall health — but did recommend a better diet and more exercise for the commander-in-chief.

In recent weeks, Trump has said that he is "close” to assembling the Cabinet he desires — fueling the Washington rumor mill and increasing speculation about who might be next on the president's chopping block.

Shulkin is just one of several scandal-plagued Cabinet members in Trump's administration.

Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt, and Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson are battling their own scandals, regarding high-priced travel and dining room furniture choices, respectively