This is pretty much what most military individuals have been suggesting for 50 years. The way that the VA is set up and organized....it will never be cost-effective.
“This is pretty much what most military individuals have been suggesting for 50 years. The way that the VA is set up and organized....it will never be cost-effective.”
Private medical practice cannot and should not be expected to handle all of the medical needs of the military veterans, especially with respect to many forms of traumatic combat and other military related injuries. The idea of simply shutting down the VA medical centers is a very bad idea. Instead, the civilian medical facilities should be used to supplement the VA healthcare, especially for the non-military related health problems, but the VA medical centers should be readily available to military service related injuries.
The Federal Employee Unions will NEVER allow 100% civilian hospital care for veterans. They just won’t.
Even the new “Choice Program” has more qualifiers and loopholes than Swiss Cheese. Ask me how I know....