One thing the VA can do to dramatically improve veterans' health care

The Department of Veterans Affairs is now a different system compared to what it was before Congress implemented the Veterans Choice program (the initiative permitting veterans to receive care from non-VA facilities) over a decade ago. With the Mission Act further expanding veterans' choice in 2018, the VA permanently transformed into a system that integrates VA-based facilities and community care. 

Today, approximately 44% of veterans' health care expenditures come from the private sector.