HELENA, Mont. — The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs needs to do more to make sure Montana veterans get the health care they need in a timely fashion, VA Secretary Robert McDonald told veterans in Helena on Tuesday.
“We recognize the importance of Montana, the second highest per capita of veteran population in the country,” he said.
McDonald said efforts are underway to hire health care providers in the state, a cardiology nurse was recently hired in Billings and several urologists for Billings and Helena.
He said they’re working to recruit and hire primary care doctors and those specializing in mental health, particularly in rural areas of the state. McDonald spoke and answered veterans’ questions along with U.S. Sen. Jon Tester at the Montana National Guard headquarters near Helena’s Fort Harrison VA hospital.
Montana is the 20th state McDonald has visited since July, when he replaced Eric Shinseki who resigned last year in a scandal in which employees throughout the VA’s massive hospital system conspired to hide monthslong wait times for veterans seeking care.
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