> You literally couldn't make up worse things than their administration has been caught doing with little or to consequence.
I literally could. The scandals you're referring to basically come down to them having been cooking books about care records. Bad, but not exactly in the realm of "literally nothing worse" hyperbole.
In fact the VA tends to produce health care outcomes that are well within the range of US citizens in the same income bracket (which is to say, not great relative to the rest of hte industrialized world, but not bad) at a cost that is much less than that of private insurance.
Really, you could do a lot worse. The criticism of the VA tends to be very similar to the criticism of the NHS in the UK. It's valid as far as it goes, but... neither UK citizens nor US vets are suffering serious catastrophes here. They're getting care and living decent, healthy lives by any reasonable standard.
Also the problems with the VA generally stem from the reality that US politicians "support the troops" right up until they're home and maybe not so enthusiastic about the war anymore.
I literally could. The scandals you're referring to basically come down to them having been cooking books about care records. Bad, but not exactly in the realm of "literally nothing worse" hyperbole.
In fact the VA tends to produce health care outcomes that are well within the range of US citizens in the same income bracket (which is to say, not great relative to the rest of hte industrialized world, but not bad) at a cost that is much less than that of private insurance.
Really, you could do a lot worse. The criticism of the VA tends to be very similar to the criticism of the NHS in the UK. It's valid as far as it goes, but... neither UK citizens nor US vets are suffering serious catastrophes here. They're getting care and living decent, healthy lives by any reasonable standard.
Literally.