absolutely. and that s why they don t want to talk about it except in republican circles. it is outside the mainstream. i mean, this is not where the american people and i can assure you this is certainly not where the american veterans believe the privatized the va we need to make sure it s strengthened, not to privatize it and cut it loose. who is out there in the government right now or in politics really who is defending these programs? who is talking about how popular these are, who are their cheerleaders? sometimes it seems the people who receive this care as social security beneficiaries or veterans getting va care are left on their own to defend this thing they re benefitting from. that s right. that s because, you know, the veterans in america are the majority population. you talk to the veterans that i served back in bucks county, pennsylvania and northeast philadelphia. they love their va care. they want to make sure they have more of it. we went through years an
by tweet and cast aside in favor of the president s personal doctor navy rear admiral ronny jackson who lacks the sort of management experience that would prepare him to lead the federal government s second largest department. but who did offer a remarkably rosy assessment of the president s health. some people have just great genes. you know, i told the president if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he might live to be 200 years. i don t know. he has incredible genes. i just assume. shulkin alleged today he was fired because he did not want to the privatize va care. in essence because he refused to dismantle the va. he claims he fell victim to a power play by trump s political appointees that saw me as an obstacle to privatization who had to be removed. i m oop convinced it s a political issue aimed at rewarding select people and companies for profits even if it innuendo r undermines it people for profits. despite what you may have heard, the va is popular with the
of the president s personal doctor navy rear admiral ronny jackson who lacks the sort of management experience that would prepare him to lead the federal government s second largest department. but who did offer a remarkably rosy assessment of the president s health. some people have just great genes. you know, i told the president if he had a healthier diet over the last 20 years, he might live to be 200 years. i don t know. he has incredible genes. i just assume. shulkin alleged today he was fired because he did not want to the privatize va care. in essence because he refused to dismantle the va. he claims he fell victim to a power play by trump s political appointees that saw me as an obstacle to privatization who had to be removed. i m oop convinced it s a political issue aimed at rewarding select people and companies for profits even if it innuendo r undermines it people for profits. despite what you may have heard, the va is popular with the
in this country, you don t just have public health insurance like medicare recipients do. if you are a veteran in this country, you have publicly provided health care. the same waive it s publicly provided care in england, for example. veterans have nationalized health care in this country. for all the scariness of that term, that s what we do for veterans and that s what we have done for veterans for generations as a way of making sure we keep our promise to the people who fight for this country. we take a national responsibility for them getting health care. we fulfill that responsibility through the va health system. a nationalized system. no, veterans care is not perfect. but tell this nation s veterans that you want to get rid of va and see what they tell you. the university of michigan surveys americans on their satisfaction with various health care systems. they finds routinely that veterans rate their experience with va care above the rest of the u.s. health system. the 2008 su
the u.s. health system. the 2008 survey found 85% of veterans were satisfied with their va care compared with 77% of people treated in private hospitals. and that s fairly typical. a study in the new england journal of medicine compared veterans health care to medicare, which itself is highly regarded the new england journal of medicine study found on 11 measures of quality, veterans facilities proved to be significantly better than medicare. the national committee for quality assurance ranks health care plans. who do they rank number one? they ranked number one is the va. like social security, like medicare, you want to find out whether or not va care works, go tell the nation s veterans that you want to take the va away. go talk to the veterans organizations. see what they think of privatizing veterans care and ending the va. there s not a single veterans group in america from any side of the political spectrum that would support the privatization of va health care. paul reikho