Last week, the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Chairman Steve Buyer and Subcommittee on Health Chairman Henry Brown met with Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and VA officials to receive the preliminary report detailing the possibility of MUSC and the VA building a joint-use hospital together in Charleston, SC.

This facility could provide a model for the federal government to consider when replacing aging VA hospitals.

Yesterday's meeting also revealed that in the short-term, VA-MUSC have agreed to share nearly $7 million of medical equipment to improve care for cancer patients and those with coronary disease.