Just amazing and sickening to read what went on in Phoenix. Hope the leaders there pay the appropriate price.
I have little knowledge of how widespread the problems were in the VA system or for how long. I've read the accusations that this political party or that paid too little attention or cut their funding. Not interested in that pissing contest.
What struck me was a comment in one of the threads that said "why not just abolish the VA and give the veterans free health care?"
Well, why not? Obamacare is a mechanism through which a lot of people get healthcare capped at 9.5% of income, plus their deductibles. How hard would it be for the government to pick up the 9.5% and the deductibles, for veterans?
In so doing we would eliminate one large and apparently very inefficient government bureaucracy. I expect money would be saved overall. It's a win-win.
Anyone disagree with doing away with the VA?
I have little knowledge of how widespread the problems were in the VA system or for how long. I've read the accusations that this political party or that paid too little attention or cut their funding. Not interested in that pissing contest.
What struck me was a comment in one of the threads that said "why not just abolish the VA and give the veterans free health care?"
Well, why not? Obamacare is a mechanism through which a lot of people get healthcare capped at 9.5% of income, plus their deductibles. How hard would it be for the government to pick up the 9.5% and the deductibles, for veterans?
In so doing we would eliminate one large and apparently very inefficient government bureaucracy. I expect money would be saved overall. It's a win-win.
Anyone disagree with doing away with the VA?