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VA Chief Would Eliminate Surplus Beds
Speaking to the National Press Club in Washington, Veterans
Affairs Secretary Anthony J. Principi said that the VA could do better at providing medical care if it wasn't hampered
with excess beds. Although auditors state that the VA is wasting $1 million a day operating unneeded facilities,
Principi said he faces an uphill battle to get Congress to let him close hospitals. He added that his top priority,
however, is to reduce the backlog of 650,000 benefits claims. To do this will require more staff and more training, he
asserted. |
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