The VA is staffed and run by people who are hired with the proper licenses (e.g. MDs and RMs and administrators) . One does not have to be a veteran...and that is a good thing. The folks in DC set stupid regulations and the punish when ‘goals’ aren’t met. No ‘civilian’ hospital would be run like the VA
Would you say that the Democrats are really running the VA?
You don’t have to be a veteran, but it is getting very difficult to get hired on now without being a veteran.