This is a lie. By virtually every measure the VA is the most cost effective and best quality care that Americans can get.
* The VA is very cost effective. It is much cheaper than any private sector health plan or Medicare. Instead of buying into the propaganda go straight to the source [1] and look at the actual facts.
* The VA enjoys very strong customer satisfaction. You wouldn't know this because the media and conservatives work together to denigrate the VA every chance they get but you should actually talk to people on the VA plan. Surveys of actual VA customers [2] indicates they're quite happy with their free, comprehensive government healthcare. (Shocker.)
* Study [3] after study [4] has shown that VA hospitals are better than private, profit-driven hospitals.
Most Americans would kill for VA coverage. It far exceeds anything they will ever receive unless they make it to the 1%. And this is why it's so very important to keep spreading this lie that the VA is this gross, evil system where all the patients are just waiting to die and ignored by incompetent and indifferent government bureaucrats.
And this is the real problem. You can't have real discussions about health care in America because, frankly, most Americans don't live in the real world. They've been led to believe objective nonsense and you simply can't build anything off such a foundation.
* The VA is very cost effective. It is much cheaper than any private sector health plan or Medicare. Instead of buying into the propaganda go straight to the source [1] and look at the actual facts.
* The VA enjoys very strong customer satisfaction. You wouldn't know this because the media and conservatives work together to denigrate the VA every chance they get but you should actually talk to people on the VA plan. Surveys of actual VA customers [2] indicates they're quite happy with their free, comprehensive government healthcare. (Shocker.)
* Study [3] after study [4] has shown that VA hospitals are better than private, profit-driven hospitals.
Most Americans would kill for VA coverage. It far exceeds anything they will ever receive unless they make it to the 1%. And this is why it's so very important to keep spreading this lie that the VA is this gross, evil system where all the patients are just waiting to die and ignored by incompetent and indifferent government bureaucrats.
And this is the real problem. You can't have real discussions about health care in America because, frankly, most Americans don't live in the real world. They've been led to believe objective nonsense and you simply can't build anything off such a foundation.
[1] https://www.cbo.gov/publication/49763
[2] https://www.va.gov/opa/pressrel/pressrelease.cfm?id=2537
[3] https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11606-016-3775-2
[4]https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamainternalmedicine/articl...