V.A. Seeks to Redirect Billions of Dollars Into Private Care

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The New York Times

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The VA is preparing to shift billions of dollars from government-run hospitals to private ones, a move that would transform veterans' care.


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V.A. Seeks to Redirect Billions of Dollars Into Private Care

 

[DEAD7]

"For individual veterans, private care could mean shorter waits, more choices and fewer requirements for co-pays"

 

[ORDER_66]

this is probably what trump wanted all along... this is not a good idea...

 

[hashmander]

"For individual veterans, private care could mean shorter waits, more choices and fewer requirements for co-pays"

never works out that way. if they aren't using the word WILL then why privatize when we've seen this script before.

 

[DEAD7]

never works out that way. if they aren't using the word WILL then why privatize when we've seen this script before.

You aren’t wrong... I guess I just like the idea of it.

 

[DonKnock]

You aren’t wrong... I guess I just like the idea of it.

So did Kansas under Brownback.

Just another case of gullible ass conservatives.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

You aren’t wrong... I guess I just like the idea of it.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

"For individual veterans, private care could mean shorter waits, more choices and fewer requirements for co-pays"

Private care controlled by the Devos family... You need to catch that fade

 

[Geek Nasty]

never works out that way. if they aren't using the word WILL then why privatize when we've seen this script before.

Exactly, retarded ass Libertarian fairy tales. Then when shyt doesn't work they'l demand we pump government dollars in to fix the problem. This is what they did when the deregulated fixed pricing in agriculture.

 

[YamakaSmacker]

Va hospitals are trash
anything has the potential to be better

 

[Geek Nasty]

Va hospitals are trash
anything has the potential to be better

The 2 highest rated healthcare programs in the US are the VA and medicare; wonder why?

But somehow the conservative/libertarian agenda continues to tell us otherwise

And, the same people are trying to get social security privatized for the same reasons; trillions of government dollars dropped into the hands of private industry tyc00ns who will slice off a huge cut for themselves and squander the rest.

 

[YamakaSmacker]

The 2 highest rated healthcare programs in the US are the VA and medicare; wonder why?

But somehow the conservative/libertarian agenda continues to tell us otherwise

And, the same people are trying to get social security privatized for the same reasons; trillions of government dollars dropped into the hands of private industry tyc00ns who will slice off a huge cut for themselves and squander the rest.

Im from dc where the va hospital was Walter reed. No way the va is given an honest high score

Maybe the new one in Bethesda

 

[Pressure]

"For individual veterans, private care could mean shorter waits, more choices and fewer requirements for co-pays"

My father prefers his VA Healthcare over what his employer offers.

 

[DEAD7]

So govt. covering the cost of private care is a trash idea?

 

[Pressure]

So govt. covering the cost of private care is a trash idea?

Depends on how it's fleshed out. But considering who's in charge

But some health care experts and veterans’ groups say the change, which has no separate source of funding, would redirect money that the current veterans’ health care system — the largest in the nation — uses to provide specialty care.

Critics have also warned that switching vast numbers of veterans to private hospitals would strain care in the private sector and that costs for taxpayers could skyrocket. In addition, they say it could threaten the future of traditional veterans’ hospitals, some of which are already under review for consolidation or closing.

We're potentially killing a higher rated Healthcare system to pad profits in a worse performing system