Admiral Ronny Jackson - by all accounts a heck of a good physician - has withdrawn his name as Veterans Affairs Secretary-designate. It’s time to think about a replacement.
The VA is said to be the second largest government agency, with roughly a third of a million employees. It needs an experienced administrator of gigantic medical systems.
Who better than someone who has had a successful career in the upper reaches of the huge Kaiser Permanente system of hospitals and clinics? It is likely the private side’s closest relative of the VA, with quite analogous problems to solve.
