[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

-— Veterans, of all groups in the USA, should have their own special advocates, their own special budgets, and access to specialized health care. -—

Let them compete with private hospitals and then —and only then— will they finally improve.

The VA should simply be a board with a budget, giving health insurance vouchers to servicemen, and extra money to wounded vets to spend at the hospital of their choice.

[xzins]

I have no problem with competition (although ObamaCare will make that virtually impossible even for the non-veteran).

I’m opposed to putting our warfighters in the bad position of having to choose between weapons and training on the one hand, and after-service care for the former military.

If I were a general and I didn’t worry FIRST about money for winning wars, I hope someone would fire me.