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Article: VA to Reform Health Care Procurement Process.
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- PR Newswire
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- June 3, 2002
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WASHINGTON -- Secretary of Veterans Affairs Anthony J. Principi today announced more than 60 reforms to the department's nearly $6 billion-a-year contracting operations that will improve efficiency and extend VA's buying power for its health care system.
Principi's announcement was based on the final report of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Procurement Reform Task Force, which recommended improvements in the department's complex system for purchasing everything from X-ray equipment to bandages.
"We owe these improvements to the six million veterans who have enrolled with VA for health care," said Principi. "We have an obligation to buy goods and ...