Oh. They don’t look to replace them.
It's not about replacing them. It would bankrupt the VA. In fact, the impact to military healthcare and the VA would be overwhelming and obvious. I was at Balboa Naval Hospital yesterday for routine appointments in optometry/ophthalmology and cardiology. Neither were particular busy. I live in one of the highest concentrations of USN/USMC in the US. Were any of this true, it would be pretty obvious here.