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On health care, Bernie betrayed vets to protect unions
New York Post ^ | 2/9/2016 | Betsy McCaughey

Posted on 02/12/2016 7:27:01 PM PST by Republican Wildcat

The conventional wisdom is that Hillary Clinton is the candidate with the honesty problem. But on at least one important issue, Bernie Sanders isn't shooting straight.

Sanders falsely claims he's been leading the fight to save veterans from the corruption and deadly medical care delays at the Veterans Affairs Department - a message intended to resonate with New Hampshire's large vet population. The truth is, as chairman of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, Sanders sabotaged VA reform.

Sanders' allegiance is to public-sector unions, and to serve them, he betrayed vets. You wouldn't know that from his campaign-trail boasts.

The next contests are Nevada, with a quarter-million vets, and South Carolina, home to eight military bases and some 418,000 vets. You can bet Sanders will keep repeating his bogus claims, but he ought to be called out on them.

Sanders brags about the 2014 Veterans Choice and Accountability Act: "We went further than any time in recent history in improving health care for the men and women of the country who put their lives on the line to defend us."

Yet since the law was passed, wait times are longer, not shorter, and ailing vets still get the runaround.

Last week, the VA inspector general reported that a Colorado facility systematically faked records, and kept sick vets from getting appointments with private doctors. Meanwhile, the feds reversed the demotions of two VA executives for a corrupt scheme that cost taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

The laughable justification was that it would be unfair to punish them when so many others did the same and got away with it.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; feelthebern; sanders; socialistsanders; va; veterans; vets

1 posted on 02/12/2016 7:27:02 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

And that’s why libs LIKE Bernie.


2 posted on 02/12/2016 7:27:27 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (Marco "Stepford" Rubio.)
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3 posted on 02/12/2016 7:28:19 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Would this a count also for the demonization of military and vets in the civilian government as terrorists? When you want to kill a dog, say he has rabbies.


4 posted on 02/12/2016 7:31:09 PM PST by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall noshi)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Oh, you thought he meant American vets.

Well I see where you’d be confused. :)


5 posted on 02/12/2016 7:36:52 PM PST by Tzimisce
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To: Republican Wildcat

Libs will always back unions over everything.


6 posted on 02/12/2016 7:40:26 PM PST by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: DoughtyOne

Is that all you have to say? :-)


7 posted on 02/12/2016 7:42:15 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

Stealth link.

Place your cursor over the post.


8 posted on 02/12/2016 7:48:36 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: DoughtyOne

Going stealth with links? That’s a first.


9 posted on 02/12/2016 7:53:17 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Republican Wildcat

I didn’t want to continue to post graphics to threads so that you folks would see them again and again.

This way the links are there, and yet it’s doesn’t contribute to noise on the forum.

Take care.

D1


10 posted on 02/12/2016 8:08:07 PM PST by DoughtyOne (the Free Republic Caucus: what FReepers are thinking, 100s or 1000s of them. It's up to you.)
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To: Republican Wildcat

Bernie was the VA guy in Congress. He’s part of the problem.

Get out of the way losers.

America is ready to win again!


11 posted on 02/12/2016 8:15:37 PM PST by TigerClaws
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To: Republican Wildcat
"Why should we take care of old white guys who vote Republican?"


12 posted on 02/12/2016 8:20:32 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Republican Wildcat

That’s no surprise, he’s a Democrat.


13 posted on 02/13/2016 7:21:37 AM PST by reg45 (Barack 0bama: Implementing class warfare by having no class.)
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