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2014-06-04 Home Front: Politix

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Posted by Squinty 2014-06-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Riiiiiight....

The same story has gone on since the Vietnam war. I don't expect it to be even close to fixed this time around.

Posted by DarthVader 2014-06-04 00:15|| 2014-06-04 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 "We have to protect our phoney baloney jobs here, gentlemen! We must do something about this immediately! Immediately! Immediately! Harrumph! Harrumph!"

Posted by Procopius2k 2014-06-04 08:11|| 2014-06-04 08:11|| Front Page Top

#3 Unlike these clowns, my proposed legislation --

1) close all VA hospitals, every one of them; sell/give them to the communities in which they sit

2) vets of any age with >50% service connected disability get a platinum health care plan and go where they wish for care; if service connected between 20 and 50% they get a silver health care plan

3) all vets over age 65 go into Medicare; vets with 20+ years of service get VA funded Medigap insurance to supplement Medicare

4) vets under 65 go to Medicaid; vets with 20+ years of service get VA funded basic insurance

5) the parts of the VA outpatient system that cover specialized care that the private sector traditionally doesn't do well, like psychiatry and prosthetics, are kept for the benefit of veterans who need these services

6) university medical centers stop leaching on the VA system

Posted by Steve White 2014-06-04 08:21|| 2014-06-04 08:21|| Front Page Top

#4 The VA should be held to the same standard obamacare puts on private insurers, a 85% medical loss ratio. That means 85% of revenue spent on clinical services, not bureaucrats.

Posted by woggut 2014-06-04 13:08|| 2014-06-04 13:08|| Front Page Top

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