Veteran Healthcare Quotes

I'm a veteran. If I go into the V.A. hospital in Tennessee, I want to know that the procedures they're doing to me are being done properly. That is not unreasonable.

I've never had to spend any time in the VA hospital, so I really can't speak for those guys.

We have the greatest people on Earth in our military. We don't take care of our veterans.

At the same time, we're going to take care of our military and we're going to take care of our great, great, great veterans.

We should not, cannot, and will not balance the budget on the backs of our veterans.

The Veterans Administration is a scandal. It's corrupt, and what's going on is a disgrace. And, believe me, if I win, if I become president, that will end. The veterans will be treated properly.

Veterans continue to get the short end of the stick when it comes to this administration.

We have a plan and it's been put out on my website and people love it. If you're going to have a wait of six days, five days, two days, one day, we're going to give our great veterans the right to go out, go across the street to a private doctor or a private hospital or a public hospital, whatever happens to be in that community, without having to drive 400 miles to another hospital.

For our veterans to have to wait long periods of time to receive care is not only unacceptable to us, but to elected officials as well.

I say we put a choice card in every veteran's hands to say, 'You choose.' You control your health care. If you want to go to the VA, which most veterans like, go to the VA. But if you want to go outside of the system, here's your choice card. You go outside of the system.

I have gone to all over the country and I've met so many veterans and I have tremendous veteran support.

So when someone, a veteran stands up and say, "Here are the facts on the VA." He [Donald Trump] says, "No, your facts are wrong." Turns out her facts are right and his facts are wrong.

When you have 8,000 veterans a year committing suicide, then you have a serious problem.

Giving a veteran a flag is not a substitute for giving our vets the quality health care they were promised

Many of the issues I encountered as acting secretary were not with the quality of medical care but with getting our veterans through the door to reach that care.

I think, when I can employ thousands and thousands of people, take care of their education, take care of so many things, even in military. I raised, and I have raised, millions of dollars for the vets. I'm helping the vets a lot. I think my popularity with the vets is through the roof.

By the way, the V.A. has some great doctors. I've been told by some of the veterans the doctors are great when you can get to see them in many cases.

What we need is a program in South Jersey that allows local veterans to go to doctor's offices and hospitals here in our region to get treatment.

I need the VA to be flexible enough to send me outside for care.

We need to ensure that veterans are in charge of their health care and not the government.

Caring for our veterans should be non-negotiable. And it definitely should not be affected by playing the same old Washington party politics game.

I would love to see more investment to help our veterans. Donald Trump is talking about investing in the military - I imagine he wants to invest on the war side, but what we really need is to take care of our veterans, and invest in the VA hospitals, provide better mental health treatment, and help them find housing. That is a stain on America for all of us - Republican and Democrat.