"Should be" and "are" are two different things.
The multi-headed beast that is the Dept. of Veterans Affairs needs a scorched-earth reset from the office of Da Preezy on down to the charge nurse at the ward.
“”Should be” and “are” are two different things.
The multi-headed beast that is the Dept. of Veterans Affairs needs a scorched-earth reset from the office of Da Preezy on down to the charge nurse at the ward.”
While I would agree, I have to tell you that years ago my father, who was a WWII vet was treated for what ended up being terminal cancer at the Palp Alto, CA VA hospital (which is locate a stones throw from Stanford). Back then, Stanford doctors actually treated my father at the VA so the costs of the treatment could be borne by the VA. Despite the known manifold problems with the VA and the need for a wholesale overhaul, I will always have a soft spot in my heart for the Palo Alto VA Hospital. The VA is a victim of the current government’s inability to do anything, coupled with the PE unions who stand in the way of change and the getting rid of underperforming employees. We simply have to get rid of almost all our elected officials and start over, particularly the GOPe, because they are suborning the behavior of their RAT counterparts.
Veterans Affairs started down the sewer pipe when it was (for political pandering purposes) made a cabinet level department. Repeal of the 1988 act would be the first step in fixing things.