Trump releasing plan aimed at improving veterans’ care

He said the change, which has also been proposed by other GOP candidates, would help improve wait times and services by adding competition.

“They have earned the freedom to choose”, Trump proclaimed.

He’s sometimes been criticized for failing to provide specifics on his plans. Trump also focused on providing better support for female veterans, including improved health services.

Republican frontrunner Donald Trump laid out a plan to reform the VA system on Saturday, promising to “take care of those wounded warriors …”

“The plan will ensure our veterans get the care they need, wherever and whenever they need it”, he said, speaking in front of the USS Wisconsin in Norfolk, Virginia.

The VA has become a frequent target of both Republicans and Democrats, having been plagued by scandal in recent years over long wait times for veterans seeking medical care and falsified records by VA employees to cover up delays.

“When we need help, really at the bottom of the barrel, I don’t know where we would be without him”, said Vincent McGowan, one of the leader’s of New York’s Vietnam Veterans Plaza, referring to Trump.

“It’s time we stop trusting Washington politicians to fix the problems and empower our veterans to vote with their feet”, he wrote.

In a new policy paper posted on his campaign website, the billionaire businessman and Atlantic City casino tycoon, says the current state of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is “absolutely unacceptable”.

But Trump did not say how much his plan would cost the federal government or how he would pay for his proposals. Trump also pledged to fire “the corrupt and incompetent VA executives that let out veterans down”.

Trump has hit Carson on his ability to manage before, saying that Carson’s tax plan for a flat tax across the board would grow agencies like the IRS – a move that Trump explains would increase bureaucratic red tape. “Politicians in Washington have done too little too slowly to fix it. This situation can never happen again, and when Donald J. Trump is president, it will be fixed – fast”.