Advocating for Veterans: Darin Selnick on Healthcare Reform and Choice

In this episode of American Potential, host Jeff Crank welcomes Darin Selnick, a United States Air Force veteran and senior advisor for Concerned Veterans for America. Selnick shares his extensive background in healthcare and military service, discussing how these experiences shaped his role as a senior advisor to two VA secretaries and as the Veterans Affairs advisor for the president at the Domestic Policy Council during the Trump Administration. Dive into the challenges veterans face with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare system, including long wait times and travel difficulties. Selnick passionately argues for the importance of choice and competition in veterans’ healthcare, detailing his efforts to improve electronic health records and community care delivery at the VA. Learn about Senator Marsha Blackburn’s Vets Healthcare Freedom Act, aimed at normalizing the Managed Care process in the VA system and providing veterans with more freedom to choose their healthcare providers. Join us for an insightful conversation on the critical need for reform in the VA healthcare system to ensure veterans receive the quality care they deserve. Check out American Potential here: https://americanpotential.com Check out our Spanish episodes here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8wSZydeKZ6uOuFlT_1QQ53L7l6AmC83c Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanPotentialPodcast  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/americanpotentialpodcast/ X: https://twitter.com/AMPotentialPod

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American Potential is a national award-winning podcast that shares how individuals are taking action in their community to break barriers. While some of our guests may be public officials or influencers, many are ordinary Americans who decided, “enough is enough” and are stepping up in a big way. We share policy solutions to the most important challenges our country faces and talk to people who are doing something about it. Our hope is that when you hear about other people’s stories of success – and struggle – you will realize that you are capable of doing extraordinary things within your own community and know that you are not alone. Jeff Crank hosts the American Potential podcast. Jeff serves as a regional vice president at Americans for Prosperity, a political advocacy and accountability organization that helps pass policies to expand freedom and opportunity. He previously hosted The Jeff Crank Show from 2008-2022, and is the president of his own real estate investment company. American Potential is now a national award-winning podcast. Having won the Gold Award at the 18th annual 3w Awards in the News and Politics Podcast category. The 3w Awards is judged by the Academy of Interactive & Visual Arts.