I also want to make sure that the folks that check me in La Crosse, Wisconsin, so I can get my health care, that instead of wasting billions of dollars, maybe we can give them a pay raise. Or the fact that We are having difficulty hiring and retaining doctors and nurses and nurse practitioners, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors. We're having across the board issues hiring and retaining these people because they can go to the civilian world and get paid more, because we're wasting billions of dollars. (10:57–11:03)
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