Modbert
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- Sep 2, 2008
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The problem isn't the privatization, which is the excuse of every government bureaucrat there is for his own incompetence, and or inability to take advantage of new opportunites. in fact privatization has helped fund the VA medical complex, which Halliburton has nothing to do with this whatever the idiot in your video says. The chief problem the VA has is that it doesn't pay doctors or nurses a competitive wage and hence there is always a shortage of health care workers. This is in general papered over by all kinds of really bizarre strategies and a few really good ideas that ought to be looked at more closely and applied more widely.
I am by the way a veteran and have experience with the VA medical system. It's, by and large a joke, and one of the better arguments against turning America's health care over to the federal government.
VA is the biggest clusterfuck ever when it comes to our soldiers health. Have you heard how they are classifying soldiers with PTSD instead with "Personality Disorders" so the military doesn't have to pay their medical bills?
Fucking disgusting scumbags.
But privatization is part of the problem and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. How the hell can people get proper medical treatment when the private companies jack up the prices of prescriptions and hospital visits?
Sure, we got heart pills for you sir but it's going to cost you your life savings.
Sure, you can stay at this hospital for 5 days but it's going to cost you $28,000 to do all these complex tests but then we later figure out all you had was food poisoning.