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Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush will attempt to position himself as the veteran-friendly GOP candidate Monday when he formally unveils a policy overhaul of the scandal-plagued Department of Veterans Affairs. Among his proposals: full modernization of the entire VA department, more caregivers and fewer bureaucrats, and improved healthcare for women veterans.
The former governor of Florida’s policies were to be outlined ahead of a meeting with Concerned Veterans for America in South Carolina.
“Ample resources exist within the VA budget to improve the quality and scope of care,” Bush’s policy paper states. “In other government agencies, common-sense reforms have saved billions. The VA must get its house in order and send savings into improving veteran choice and veteran care.”
While Bush is among the favorites to win the Republican Party’s 2016 presidential nomination, he has trailed business mogul Donald Trump in recent polls by double figures. A Fox News poll released Sunday showed that Bush has fallen from 15 percent to 9 percent in support from likely Republican voters, losing ground on Trump and dropping to fourth place behind retired neurosurgeon Ben 
Carson (12 percent) and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (10 percent). Trump leads the way with 25 percent.
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