I’m a veteran of 8 years (1968-76), and I can see some of his points. I never have cottoned much to being shuffled out of active duty off to the VA to complete the promises made to veterans.
I do know that active military hospitals don’t care all that much about numbers and disposition (in my experience, mind you) in terms of letting that affect the care they give..
No one can tell me the VA ever had, has, or will have that dedication.
And while we’re at it, a separate Federal agency, separate budget, separate administrator, doctors, nurses and infrastructure doesn’t comfort me given what I know of my 66 years of being alive. I’d trust a military doctor or nurse with my life. I am not so sure about VA anything.
Just two cents from a dumbass country boy with a pea brain.
I was in the same time you were... and you don’t have a pea brain, thank you.
The doctors and staff at VA have done excellent jobs with everything from cancer care to heart surgery to colonectomies in my family.
They’ve got some fine medical care. They need more of it, and they need less bureaucracy on the actual health care side of their mission. The bureaucracy consumes tons of money that could be spent on more actual care and the doctors and staff to provide it.
I didn’t see the interview, but the military is already responsible for the military hospitals all over the world. This could get rid of all the useless administrative expense in the VA and combine the medical care for the active and non-active military personnel under one umbrella. It is definitely something that could be considered. I would love to see the bloated VA administrators removed and have much better care for our veterans. The VA hospitals are disgraceful all over this country. For those Veterans that don’t have a nearby military clinic or hospital, they can get care in the civilian hospitals.