Glenn Graham
91:59 - 92:30
"I was struck by the fact that people who had gone through the entire recruitment process up to basically signing on would sometimes decline jobs. I tried to get a specific percentage of that, it's hard to know. Although one media source said that early in the first part of 2025, there were about 40% of jobs offered to physicians in the VA were declined."
“I was struck by the fact that people who had gone through the entire recruitment process up to basically signing on would sometimes decline jobs. I tried to get a specific percentage of that, it's hard to know. Although one media source said that early in the first part of 2025, there were about 40% of jobs offered to physicians in the VA were declined.”
- Speaker
- Glenn Graham
- Timestamp
- 91:59 – 92:30
- Community
- Alaska News
- Captured at
- July 22, 2026
From the transcript
Sure, Senator King, I absolutely agree. I was, even at the time when I was still at VA, I was struck by the fact that people who had gone through the entire recruitment process up to basically signing on would sometimes decline jobs. I tried to get a specific percentage of that, it's hard to know. Although one media source said that early in the first part of 2025, there were about 40% of jobs offered to physicians in the VA were declined. So I think this is a real concern.
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