MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton is rolling out a series of steps to improve health care and services for American veterans while pushing back against Republican calls to privatize the system.
The Democratic presidential candidate was discussing a package of proposals for veterans at a New Hampshire town hall meeting on Tuesday. The event comes as Republicans have questioned her commitment to those who served in the military.
Clinton said in an interview last month that the scandal involving chronic delays for veterans seeking medical care or to have claims processed wasn’t “as widespread” as made out to be and that Republicans had politicized the agency.
Clinton has since said she was outraged by the systemic failures and would seek a “top-to-bottom” review to address deficiencies in the Department of Veterans Affairs.