Top VA official in Alaska talks privatization, staffing challenges

Amid this summer’s push by the Veterans Administration in Alaska to hold town hall meetings across the state, the state’s VA Healthcare Director, Dr. Timothy Ballard, was a guest on Alaska Public Media’s Talk of Alaska on Tuesday.
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During an hour of questions from host Lori Townsend and state-wide callers, Ballard offered an update on the organization’s progress and remaining challenges in connecting veterans to benefits. That included addressing worries over pr