WATCH: Trump announces new ways to help veterans get medical care
The government wants to make it easier for veterans to get medical care and is promoting new ways to use technology to help.
House unveils plan to fix VA’s budget gap as deadline looms
A House committee has unveiled a plan that would allow the Department of Veterans Affairs to shift $2 billion from other programs to cover a sudden budget shortfall that threatens medical care for thousands of veterans in the coming weeks.
WATCH: Trump signs bill to protect whistleblowers, expedite firing of Veterans Affairs employees
The measure has broad bipartisan support and is part of an effort encouraged by Trump to fix an agency that provides services to millions of veterans.
Shulkin issues new policy to curb employee drug theft from VA hospitals
Federal authorities are investigating possible opioid and other drug theft by VA employees, even after the VA announced "zero tolerance" in February.
The bipartisan measure passed by voice vote. It comes more than three years after a 2014 scandal at the Phoenix VA medical center, where some veterans died while waiting months for appointments.
Shulkin is expected to begin speaking at 11:30 a.m. EST. Watch live here.
Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin says his department is seeking to close perhaps more than 1,100 VA facilities nationwide as it develops plans to allow more veterans to receive medical care in the private sector.
President Donald Trump, who made improving veterans' care a prominent issue as he campaigned for office, was to issue the order while visiting the VA.
Some ailing veterans can now use their federal health care benefits at CVS "MinuteClinics" to treat minor illnesses and injuries, under a pilot program announced Tuesday by the Department of Veterans Affairs.
