We're not discussing fault for the current system. The status of the VA is the issue. It's current state of dysfunction is the result of it being a "government-run" healthcare system. It's just the nature of a bureaucracy trying to run what should be a free-enterprise system. It's terribly inefficient and ineffective for as a whole. (And yes, Eric, it works well for those that it is able to service. But the problem is, it is not able to service everyone well, and some, not at all.)
In the end, with Obamacare, or a true single-payer system, if it's run by the government without competition for its services, it will end up working as well as the VA. And there will be so-called "death-panels", which is a scary word of bureaucrats sitting around deciding what healthcare treatments to ration once they realize they can't pay for everything for everyone. On 6/17/2014 11:32 AM, Maureen wrote: > Yeah, it is really convenient that all those politicians and pundits > can point to the VA now as a bad example. Too bad they did nothing > for years,even though they were aware of the problem, because they > could find no way to use to their political advantage. > > Go look at all the bills introduced by Kevin McCarthy, who will likely > be Eric Cantor's replacement, trying to fix the VA, all of which sat > in committee with nothing said or done. > > The hypocrisy of those who sat silent then and now making political > hay while veterans die sickens me. > > On Tue, Jun 17, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Rick Faircloth > <r...@whitestonemedia.com> wrote: >> Why don't we all "cut to the chase" and just join the VA! That >> government-run >> health care system is already up and functioning! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:370998 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
