Posted on Dec 7, 2015
Debate THIS: Should the Government privatize the VA?
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What do you think Rally Point members? The VA system is so screwed up at some of the VA facilities, I'm not sure what can be done to get them more vet friendly. I would need to understand more about how it would affect veterans, and how it would work for me to make a decision if it should be privatized. With hundreds of thousands vets in the system, it sounds impossible. But, what do I know? I'm just a vet.
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THE FACTS: Just over a year ago, a scandal at a hospital facility in Phoenix, Arizona, rocked the Department of Veterans Affairs and forced the resignation of its secretary, retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki. Long wait times for appointments, secret wait lists, and a backlog of disability claims plagued the massive federal agency. Robert McDonald, the former chief executive of Procter & Gamble, now leads the VA and its more than 300,000 employees. Ultimately, the VA comprises the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States. But is the burden of bureaucracy too much? Should the government privatize the VA?
http://taskandpurpose.com/debates/should-the-government-privatize-the-va/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tp-today
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THE FACTS: Just over a year ago, a scandal at a hospital facility in Phoenix, Arizona, rocked the Department of Veterans Affairs and forced the resignation of its secretary, retired Army Gen. Eric Shinseki. Long wait times for appointments, secret wait lists, and a backlog of disability claims plagued the massive federal agency. Robert McDonald, the former chief executive of Procter & Gamble, now leads the VA and its more than 300,000 employees. Ultimately, the VA comprises the largest integrated healthcare system in the United States. But is the burden of bureaucracy too much? Should the government privatize the VA?
http://taskandpurpose.com/debates/should-the-government-privatize-the-va/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=tp-today
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Posted 9 y ago
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No . . . commercialization as a private for profit or nonprofit entity will mean some private executive or "hospital administrator" will try to make a buck off the system . . . or show improved EBITDA / Profit / Return On Investment . . . rather than serving veterans . . . the new entity (entities) will lose whatever leverage they now have to extract dollars from the political establishment to serve disabled veterans. The political catch phrases commercialization and/or privatization are just code words for the political agenda - which is to dump the veterans in need on someone else's doorstep . . . with no public and/or political consequences. BAD BAD IDEA . . . and if implemented the profiteers should go direct to hell.
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Exactly 1LT Sandy Annala . That was my thoughts when I read this BS. it always ends up being about getting rich off of someone's greed, who could give a crap,about veterans.
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MSgt Dave Burke
The politicians and political appointees seem to care only about themselves getting re-elected or appointed to a higher position. These civilian "leaders" in general do not give a rip about us as active duty or veterans or anything else. This is not to say there are no true heroes in our civilian "leadership" because I have personally known some but the vast majority are in it just for themselves.
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Privatizing would mean that a contract is let to the lowest bidder. Consider how that works out on Defense contracts, and then increase by a few orders of magnitude, and you begin to see how flawed an idea like this would be...
MSgt Dave Burke
As a retiree I have found that my TRICARE contract has been extremely well done. Run so well that I have not used the VA hospital very much and even with my service connected disability TRICARE is still the best option. Health-Net is good!
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TRICARE regional contractors are hot and cold. The west region, under its new contractor, is kind of a mess these days...
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I say no Ive been seen by the VA for a long time now the care I get is great have had no real problems with them then I moved to the FT.Drum area the VA facility here in Watertown is resourced out to the civilian side and the level of care there is crap also my wife can be seen by the VA because of my Disability rating so she gets ChampVA its basically Champus government ins. well at the Watertown VA she cant be seen because they are not a real VA facility but she can be seen at all the hospitals and the non out sourced clinics that's why I say no everyone has different experiences of course
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SPC David Glines, I say no too. My wife and I are doing great with my treatment and her ChampVA. Last year she was in the hospital a month and had two surgeries. Our part of the bill was $44. You know that would have been in the thousands had it not been for the VA. She liked the Women's Clinic also.
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